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05/02/2009: "Police call African-American man LA's 'largest ever' serial killer"

Police believe a 72-year-old insurance claims adjuster arrested earlier this month is the most prolific serial killer in the city's history, having raped and strangled as many as 30 older women over two decades.

The victims in all 30 cases under review were older white women, mostly of lower incomes and often widows living alone, Cremins said. All had been sexually assaulted and most were strangled.

[ Although serial killers are seldom black, blacks still do this in numbers out of proportion to their presence in the population. And race was clearly a motive in his choice of target. ]

http://www.sfexaminer.com/nation/Police-say-man-72-tied-to-SoCal-serial-killings-44092222.html