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attacking and killing other women.

I use it as my peaceful spot.

I used to bring my kids up here...

and think about how lucky

I am to have those babies.

It was after I was shot.

Still don't know why I did it.

To honor it, I guess.

- Maybe he finally met his match.

You think you'll see something like

that coming, get a bad vibe.

but I didn't feel

nothing like that.

I was waiting on the bus stop, I was going

to my friend's house to get my hair fix up,

and going to this party.

But I hated the bus.

So that car pools off, orange car,

it looked like a toy car.

There's a nice looking

black man, in his nice black shirt.

He looked like he had just

get off of his nice paying job.

And he said,

"I'll be happy to give you a ride. "

Talked very polite.

So I thought, "good,

I don't have to catch the bus. "

He was driving and teasing me about my

shoes, how could I wear my shoes.

Then he talked about he is coming to the

party, and I said "Oh, no, you ain't".

Then he said he gotta stop at

house and take some money.

So he makes the turn, I don't know

the street. He pull off to this house,

and I waited in the car till he gets back.

Later he was talking nasty, driving

and talking all this trash,

and I said

"You best show me some respect".

He said this is how I

respect women and shot me.

I ain't even see no gun, but the bullet

rip right through me and knocked me out.

Then I came to, and he's helping

himself to my body, like he had a right.

A I woke up a little later,

and he was taking my picture.

He took a picture of you?

Some kind of remembrance. Then he pushed me

out of car, drove off, I managed to...

start walking and my friend found

me on the porch half bled to death.

The police start coming around and took

me down on the line-offs,

and then they stopped calling,

I stop looking.

I don't know...

I just

stopped looking.

That's all.

Did they ever tell you if they

thought he shot anyone else?

If they thought he shot the other women,

I think they would mention it to me.

You think so?

Wait till you see what I found.

Seven murders, same killer.

I'm almost positive, same

MO and everything.

Three of them were

happened in the '80s.

That guy has been around a long time.

- I just had to let six people go.

Really good people. I'm feeling

like the worst person in the world.

Okay.

Am I...? - Your position

is still in the budget.

I made the argument that, with fewer

reporters, there's a greater need for...

someone devoted

fact check and research.

Oh, Christ.

You can't

ban me from the parking lot.

I know you try to do your job, but your

showing up here distracts me in doing mine.

So get a rest.

I hope that your job includes

finding man who killed Monica Dender.

And Zarina Jefferson. And Lisa Johnson

in 1985. and Tanya Harkin in 1986.

And also, there's a Margette Lincoln,

who I've actually met with.

I know that there is an

African-American serial killer,

Who's been working South Central

L. A. for the past 20 years,

targeting African-American women.

- Who is giving you this information?

I want a name! - I figured it out.

- You figured it out.

So it's true?

We have DNA confirmation that the man

we knew in the late '80s as...

".25 caliber killer", is going after

girls again. He took a 13 years break,

and now he is back.

Why aren't you warning people,

why aren't you try to make this public?

I don't want this public. Got it?

Don't put that in your little papers.

Why wouldn't you want

people to know?

I'm sure you'd make iz public,

if your victims were white!

Please, get off of your high horse!

This guy targets prostitutes and drug users,

not a kind of women who read newspapers.

And even if they did, do you think

that would keep them off the streets?

No. The only person who's likely to pay

attention is a killer, and I don't want...

him disappearing for another 13 years.

I'd like to catch sick son of a b*tch!

So what, the woman of

South L. A. are your bait?

I will say this one more time.

I'm not going public with this and I don't

care if you agree with my reasons or not.

I know you don't want me to bringing this

up again, but this time it's not hunch.

I've just had a confirm by an LAPD detective

that they know there's a serial killer...

that's been murdering women in L. A. for

25 years and they plan to tell no-one.

It doesn't seem possible. - I know.

This is outrageous. And I looked it up,

25 years makes him the longest operating

serial killer in Californian history.

Debra, we absolutely have to tell

this story. - Okay, I'll put Bob on it.

Not Bob. I'm the one who's been working

my ass upon this on my own time.

If anyone should write

this story, it's me.

Fine, then. Well, you have your

story. 72 hours in my inbox.

Thank you so much for inviting me over

to your house. - Thank you for coming.

We appreciate it.

- It was a beautiful memorial.

It's good of you to come.

There's something I have to tell you

about the person who killed Zarina.

20 years since my baby was took from me,

and not once they think to tell me about...

that. How can that be?

- I don't understand it, either.

I understand it fine.

Cause we are the wrong color!

Is it true?

Yes. We believe your sister

was the victim of a serial killer.

Why didn't you tell us? Why do

we have to find out from reporter?

You mean Christine Pelisek? She had no

right to do it. She crossed the line.

You mean, she treated me like a human being,

which doesn't seem to occur to you!

Look, I understand... - You don't

understand, or you'd have taken five...

minutes to pick up the phone.

Victims advocate will be happy to answer

your questions and assist you in any ways...

in this difficult time. - I don't wanna ken

speech, I want some respect! - So do I!

You have no idea what we dealing with,

trying to get ahold this thing.

I'm trying to put together a task force,

trying to track down 20 years old information,

not to mention the witnesses that are

either dead or scattered across the country.

You're not hearing me.

That's what the victims advocate

is for. To listen to you.

Christine said there were 10 other women

killed by the man that killed Zarina.

Ten! - That were verified by DNA, yes.

And, were their families told that they

lost their daughter to a serial killer?

I don't see why would matter to them

how many women this guy killed?

1, 5, 10? Knowing is not going

to bring their daughters back.

And it's not going

to bring your sister back.

Really, has knowing helped

you? Knowing that...

your sister was prostituting herself and

this guy picked her up helped you? No.

Looks to me, everything you know

is only making this harder on you.

You think she deserved what she got,

is that what you are saying?

No. - You think that all these women

got what they deserved, don't you?

Of course not! - You have no idea how

hard the world has to be to a girl,

to put her out on the street.

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