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A12 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 1 FRIDAY 12.17.2010 Police release photos in hunt for more victims of serial killer 71 1 72 73 7 1 75" 7(i 77 78 79 Ci SI B3 t. 87 3C I ii 1680 Hit J4 1U 112 113 Hfl llT- US 220 JAE C. HONG Associated Press Photographs found in the possession of Lonnie David Franklin Jr. are shown before a news conference Thursday in Los Angeles.

Police released dozens of photographs of unidentified women that were found at the home of Franklin, the suspected "Grim Sleeper" serial killer. Home of LA "Grim Sleeper" suspect contained nearly 1,000 photos of unidentified women. BY ANDREW BLANKSTEIN AND JOEL RUBIN Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES In a bold effort to determine whether there are additional "Grim Sleeper" victims, the Los Angeles Police Department is releasing photos of scores of women found in the possession of a man charged in 10 south Los Angeles killings. Police hope the photo display will generate new tips from the public. Since the arrest in July of Lonnie David Franklin Jr.

the LAPD has received 75 calls from the family and friends of missing women wanting to know the fate of their loved ones. After comparing information in those calls with evidence gathered in the Franklin investigation, detectives were soon able to discount most of the cases, said veteran homicide Detective Dennis Kilcoyne, head of the task force that tracked down Franklin, a former city sanitation worker and police garage attendant. But Kilcoyne said investigators were taking a hard look at information generated by a handful of those contacts. This is not the first time Southern California law enforcement has employed the tactic to help deal with serial killings. Last year, the Huntington Beach Police Department made public photos of women taken by accused serial killer Rodney Alcala.

In 2006, the LA Sheriff's Department released the photos of 50 women taken by another accused killer, Bill Bradford. In the Grim Sleeper case, any public tips will come on top of 30 cases that police investigators already are reviewing because they share similarities with the slayings in which Franklin is accused. Franklin has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. There is no DNA evidence in any of the 30 cases, which is significant because authorities said they tied Franklin to some of the 10 killings based on a combination of DNA and ballistics evidence. Many of the cases are three decades old and happened during a period when several serial killers were allegedly operating in South Los Angeles.

Franklin allegedly killed seven women between 1985 and 1988; then his alleged crimes seemed to come to an abrupt stop, authorities said. The slayings resumed in 2002, with a killing that year, another in 2003 and a third in 2007, police said. The LA Weekly dubbed the killer the Grim Sleeper because of the lengthy, un- accounted-for gap in the slayings. But officials have said repeatedly that they suspect Franklin may be responsible for more homicides, including during the apparent lull. During the search of Franklin's home in South Los Angeles, detectives collected photo albums, documents, business cards and other records that they hoped could give them a better picture of the suspect and perhaps provide links to other victims.

One of the more troubling discoveries was nearly 1,000 still photographs and hundreds of hours of home video showing women, almost all of them partly or completely nude and striking sexually graphic poses. LAPD officials said that after months of tryingto identify the women, they decided to go public with the images of about 180 in the hope that they, family or acquaintances will recognize the pictures and contact investigators. "There's going to be a lot of speculation about the condition of some of the women in these photographs," Kilcoyne told the Los Angeles Times. "Right now, I don't know the answer." $500 5 mm MOUNTAIN HARDWEAR SHOPPING SPREE Hacking at Ohio St. exposes 760,000 It's as simple as going to ALPINESH0P.COM and follow the 500 Shopping Spree links! One lucky winner will receive 500 to spend on Mountain Hardwear gear and clothing as they wish.

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While suspicious activity on the server was discovered in October, said Jim Lynch, auniversity spokesman, the disclosure was delayed to give Ohio State time to investigate and set up support systems for those affected. Lynch said that as soon as the university found that unauthorized people had logged in, it hired investigators. "They found no evidence that any of the data was taken out of the system," he said. "They did find evidence that the purpose of the unauthorized access was to launch cyberattacks Apparently, if you're going to flood a company with e-mails, you don't use your home computer, but you slip into someone else's server." Jim Tom Blair Insurance executive was amateur golf standout BY MARK SCHLINKMANN Jim Tom Blair, a longtime amateur golf standout and an insurance brokerage executive, died Monday (Dec. 13, 2010) at his home in Frontenac of complications from multiple sclerosis.

He was 79. Mr. Blair was a former member of the Missouri Conservation Commission and the son of the late Missouri Gov. James Blair, who was in office from 1957 to 1961. flCADAMrCCAlE Mr.

Blair won the Missouri state amateur golf championship in 1952 and 1955 and was a three -time St. Louis District Golf Association champion. He played several times in the U.S. Open and competed on the PGA Tour as an amateur in the 1950s. He was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2001 and also is a Blair All Christmas Merchandise discount taken off srp All Christmas Trees Premium Trees Still Available! member of the St.

Louis Golf Hall of Fame. He was a board member of the Western Golf Association. Mr. Blair was born and grew up in Jefferson City, where he graduated from Jefferson City High School. He attended what is now Oklahoma State University, where he was a member of the golf team, and was an Army veteran.

He was a founder of the Blair Agency life insurance bro -kerage in 1972 and in recent years was a founding partner in Capitas Financial Group. Mr. Blair, an avid duck hunter, was appointed to the Conservation Commission in 1965 and served until 1977. A building at the August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area in St.

Charles County is named for Mr. Blair. A memorial service was held Thursday at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 110 North Warson Road in Ladue. The body was to be cremated.

Among the survivors are his wife, Myrna Blair of Frontenac; a daughter, Carolyn Nichols of Chicago; two sons, Mike Blair of Town and Country and Jim Blair IV of Frontenac; and six grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to BJC Hospice, 8300 Eager Road, Suite 500A, St. Louis, Mo. 63144; or the Evans Scholars Foundation, Attn: B.J. Gielow in memory of Jim Tom Blair, 1 Briar Road, Golf, 111.

60029; or the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 1867 Lackland Hill Parkway, St. Louis, Mo. 63146. discount taken off srp 14121 Manchester Rd. St.

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