The death of the fetus was attributed to the strangulation of the mother, and it was ruled a homicide.Īndrea Tripplett, 29, strangled, found partially nude behind a vacant building on Figueroa Street in April 1993.ĭesarae Jones, 29, found strangled next to a vacant residence in May 1993. Regina Washington, 27, also found partially nude and strangled inside a garage off Figueroa Street in September 1989.
Nine of the 11 unsolved murders were matched to Turner using DNA evidence:ĭiane Johnson, 21, found partially nude and strangled in March 1987 in a roadway construction area west of the Harbor Freeway.Īnnette Ernest, 26, found lying on a shoulder of a road in October 1987, partially nude and strangled.Īnita Fishman, 31, strangled and left partially nude outside a garage in an alley off Figueroa Street in January 1989. In September 2003, based on that sample, Turner was identified as a match for DNA recovered from Vance and Beasley.ĭetectives then began a careful examination of Turner’s background. Upon his conviction, Turner was required to give a DNA sample to California’s Combined DNA Index System (CODIS). Turner assaulted the victim for approximately two hours and threatened to kill her if she told the police. There was DNA recovered from the Vance crime scene.Īt that time, Turner was serving an eight-year sentence at a California state prison for sexually assaulting a 47-year-old woman in March 2002. The Vance murder was witnessed from a bystander at a neighboring trailer park.
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Paula Vance, 24, found in the business, Olympia Tool, in Azusa.īrenda Bries, 39, found strangled in a portable toilet near Little Tokyo. The two murders outside of this corridor occurred Los Angeles County: Eleven of these murders took place in a four-block-wide corridor that ran on either side of Figueroa Street between Gage Avenue and 108th Street. Turner has been connected, through DNA, to 13 murders that occurred in Los Angeles between 19. Turner was jailed seven times from 1995 to 2002, six for nonviolent offenses and one assault charge on an officer on April 9, 1997. After that, he moved around to different homeless shelters and missions.
Working for Domino's Pizza as a cook and delivery person as a young man, he lived with his mother until she moved to Utah. He attended public schools in Los Angeles but dropped out of high school. Turner moved to Los Angeles with his mother when he was five years old, after his parents separated. On July 10, 2007, Turner was sentenced to death. He was charged with the murders of 10 women in Los Angeles on April 30, 2007, he was convicted for all 10 murders, and was also found guilty in the death of one of his victim's unborn child, making him one of the most prolific serial killers in the city’s history. Status: Sentenced to death on July 10, 2007Ĭhester Dewayne Turner (born Novemin Warren, Arkansas) is a convicted serial killer. Victims profile: Paula Vance, 24 Brenda Bries, 39 Diane Johnson, 21 Annette Ernest, 26 Anita Fishman, 31 Regina Washington, 27 Andrea Tripplett, 29 Desarae Jones, 29 Natalie Price, 31 Mildred Beasley, 45 Tammie Christmas Debra Williams, 32 Mary Edwards, 42
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