On June 6, 2016, Lonnie David Franklin Jr., also known to Los Angeles as a serial killer named the “Grim Sleeper,” has finally (and I mean that sincerely) been found guilty of 10 first degree murders -- nine women and one runaway teenage girl. Over a span of 30 years, south LA’s widely known serial killer is finally being brought to justice with the jury recommending the death sentence for his punishment.

Ya don’t say? For those of you who don’t already know, let me take it back and familiarize you all of who the Grim Sleeper really is.

1985, dark nights, old school rides cruising the LA streets. Prostitutes, old pimps and party goers. On the late night of August 10, 1985, Lonnie Franklin Jr. decided to cruise the streets himself to have some “fun.” His definition of fun definitely differed from the true meaning. On that night, Franklin murdered a young, black woman and left her to rot in an alley in south Los Angeles -- an area I am quite familiar with. Scary right? From 1985 to 1988, Franklin earned the title of being a "serial killer” after murdering six more women. Those women were all young, African-Americans who usually were sex workers and were addicted to drugs. Franklin made it a habit to sexually assault, strangle and murder them, and they were left for dead in dark alleyways, covered in trash, throughout the streets of south Los Angeles. On the night of November 20, 1988, Franklin attempted (you peep the word?) to kill another young woman, age 30, by shooting her with a .25 caliber handgun and beating her thereafter.

I said attempted to kill, right? Yeah, I thought so. That would be Franklin’s last murder (attempted, of course) victim who actually escaped, walked for blocks while bloody, and survived. Oh, and did I forget to mention that she was his last victim, only until 13 years later. I’m pretty sure you’re wondering why and how he received his popular nickname, the Grim Sleeper, right? Well, after his last attack in 1988, he was never heard from again -- dormant, invisible -- until March 2002 and then July 2003, and so on. Thirteen years later, Franklin had a new victim, a teenage victim. For years, he went around the streets of south Los Angeles, targeting young, black, vulnerable women who lived a harsh life: 1985-1988 and 2002-2007.

Let those years soak in.

Now listen. What made matters worse was when the Los Angeles Police Department discovered over 180 photos of his possible victims in his possession. The photographs were released to the public in hopes of identifying every single woman on the photographs. He even photographed some of the women after he murdered them or while they were sleeping or even drugged. You hear that number? One hundred and eighty? Charged for 10 murders? Hmm.

I find Franklin's case disturbing due to the mere fact that he purposely targeted young women and enjoyed strangling them, raping them, shooting, beating them, and the list definitely continues. Many people asked, "What went through that man's head?" I'd like to know myself. This case is important because for years, LAPD were oblivious to who the "serial killer" actually was during Franklin's early murder spree years.

Below, you can see a picture of Lonnie Franklin, along with the 10 victims he is found guilty of murdering, who were all found within a 5-mile radius from his home. By the way, he denied murdering these young women.

Honestly, the Grim Sleeper deserves his sentence given his brutal actions against innocent women. After a documentary about his life was released, it was thought that he was responsible for a much larger number of deaths, more than 180 women. The documentary, "Tales of the Grim Sleeper," goes into depth about his life and his actions, told by the people who lived around him, nearby or knew him personally. The streets of Los Angeles can be a bit rough sometimes, you know? Nowhere is safe. People in his neighborhood spoke kind words about him, but this? This shows that you just never know who is who, who does what, and so on. Franklin's victims were not the only victims.... those victims' families were also affected. After being apprehended in 2010, it is only right that the many families affected receive some sort of justice or clarity.

Below is the documentary focusing on Lonnie David Franklin Jr.'s brutal acts against young, black women between 1985 and 2007 with a 13-year gap between 1988 and 2002. It is a heartfelt documentary that deserves attention as well as the case itself. All women and families affected by this serial killer deserves their justice, even if it's decades later.

You never know who is who or who does what. Keep that in mind.