On 31 December 1921, the body of 12-year-old Alma Tirtschke was found in a laneway in Melbourne, Australia. She had been raped, strangled and left naked behind a popular wine saloon. The owner of the wine saloon, Colin Ross, was arrested and tried for Alma's rape and murder. It was 86 years before the final chapter was written in this tragic story.
Lonnie Franklin Jr. is better known as the Grim Sleeper. He was linked to as many as 25 murders in the Los Angeles area in the 1980s. He was brough undone by his habit of keeping photos of his victims as trophies in his home.
view more