police then narrowed down the list of possible relatives before zeroing in on lonnie franklin. it's the first time familial dna has ever been used to try and solve a murder case but they had no sample from franklin so they staked him out until they got one. >> a slice of pizza, a fork, a napkin. i think there was a total of eight different items that they submitted to us. >> reporter: and that was enough? >> it turned out to be enough. >> reporter: enough allegedly to match dna from the crime scenes. but will it hold up in court? >> mr. simpson, would you show your hands to the jury? >> reporter: anyone who followed the people versus o.j. simpson can tell you, even when the dna seems like a slam dunk, that doesn't guarantee a conviction. in the era of "csi," juries have become more comfortable with dna evidence. >> that was fresh when it hit the shirt. >> reporter: if lonnie franklin is convicted, it could mean a nationwide expansion of familial dna. >> this will change the way that policing is done in the united states. >> reporter: and if the case suddenly becomes much bigger

they arrested lonnie franklin, jr., last summer and charged him with ten murders. but then, ben tracy reports, investigators found franklin's stash of photos-- photos of more potential victims. >> reporter: the photos are chilling, 160, many partially nude, others appear asleep, drugged, or even dead. police have no clue who most of them are or what happened to them. >> obviously our hope is that they're all alive and well and that nothing bad has come from them but we don't know that. >> reporter: that's because police think these photos were taken by lonnie franklin, jr., an accused serial killer. he's already charged with murdering ten women on l.a.'s south side. he's called the grim sleeper because police say the former city mechanic took a 14-year hiatus in his killing spree. anita markette survived her encounter with franklin, in 1988 he raped her and dumped her on the side of the road with a bullet in her chest. >> i know this guy who got me in the car was intimidating verbally. >> reporter: when police found him this july, they found a collection of nearly

police say he could be involved in other murders and they need the public's help. >> lonnie franklin's rein of terror in the city of los angeles, which spanned well over two decades, culminating with almost a dozen murder victims, certainly needs to be investigated further. and we certainly do not believe that we are so lucky or so good as to know all his victims. >> all of his alleged victims were killed within a few miles of his home. >>> wikileak founder julian assange is out of jail and back at work. he arrived late last night in rural england in a supporter's mansion. he he will have to wear an electronic tag and report to police every day but he is free to work on his website, fighting extradition to sweden, a legal battle he says has roots across the atlantic. >> the extradition proceeding to sweden which is occurring in a very strange and unusual way is actually an attempt to get me into a jurisdiction which will then make it easier to extradite me to the united states. >> charlie d'agata has more. >> reporter: wikileaks founder julian assange walked free after spending more th

local mechanic, lonnie franklin, jr. who may have more victims. >> lonnie franklin's reign of terror in the city of los angeles, was spent well over two decades. and we certainly do not believe that we are so lucky or so good as to know all of his victims. >> reporter: franklin has been dubbed the grim sleeper because they believe he took a 14-year hiatus on his killing sprees. it was finally a bite in a piece of pizza that linked him. when they raided has home, they discovered hundreds of photos of women. no clue what happened to them or where they are now. >> our main concern is these individuals and their identity. >> reporter: on thursday, lapd posted the pictures on a website. >> there's somebody's identity that we need to establish. there is some family in this city that goes without justice. and you will help us in achieving that for them. >> reporter: franklin could get the death penalty if convicted of the 10 murders he's already charged with. those cases may soon be solved. but now detectives are most concerned

police say he could be involved in other murders and they need the public's help. >> lonnie franklin'sein of terror in the city of los angeles, which spanned well over two decades, culminating with almost a dozen murder victims, certainly needs to be investigated further. and we certainly do not believe that we are so lucky or so good as to know all his victims. >> all of his alleged victims were killed within a few miles of his home. >>> wikileak founder julian assange is out of jail and back at work. 'rivd late last night in rural england in a supporter's mansion. he hall tof report to police every day but free to work on his website, fighting extradition to sweden, a legal battle he says has roots across the atlantic. >> the extradition proceeding to sweden which is occurring in a very strange and unusual way is actually an attempt to get me into a jurisdiction which will then make it easier to extradite me to the united states. >> charlie d'agata has more. >> reporter: wikileaks founder julian assange walked free spending more than a week in a london prison. >> well, it's great to

lonnie franklin is accused of killing ten women back in t the '80s.2 and 2007 because of the gap between the murders he's being called the grim sleeper. >>> a follow-up now on that good samaritan who risked her life to rush to the aid of an ohio police officer. for the first time since the roadside altercation, the officer got to express his appreciation face to face. more now from dan harris. relationship an officer on the side of the road in dayton, ohio, locked in a life or death struggle for a man reaching for his taser. he gets help but from an unlikely source, a good samaritan, a total stranger who pulls over and dives right into the fight. initially the woman's name wasn't released but we now know who it was. angela pierce. >> i did it because i feel like he believes in him and nobody else. everyone ran past. >> reporter: pearce says when the other officers arrived on the scene finally taking the assailant down they initially handcuffed her but quickly took off the cuffs and gave her a high-five. >> they just thanked me and let me go. >> report

local mechanic, lonnie franklin, jr., who may have even more victims. >> reporter: lonnie franklin's reign of terror, in the city of los angeles, was spanned well over two decades. and we certainly do not believe that we are so lucky or so good as to know all of his victims? >> franklin has been dubbed the grim sleeper because police believe he took a 14-year hiatus on his sleeping. when police finally arrested him and, they made an alarming discovery. hundreds of photos of women. no clue what happened to them. >> our main concern is individuals and their identity. >> on thursday, l.a. police posted the photos photo the website. >> there is something we need to establish. there is some family in this city that goes without justice. and you will help us in achieving that for them. >> reporter: franklin could get the death penalty if convicted of the 10 murders he's already charged with. those cases may soon be solved but now, detectives are concerned most about the women seen in these 180 photographs and in finding out whether they are still alive. >> these suspects are victims -- the

police say the killer is this man, local mechanic, lonnie franklin, jr. who may have had more victims. >> lonnie franklin's reign of terror, in the city of los angeles, spanned well over two decades. and we certainly do not believe that we are so lucky or so good as to know all of his victims. >> reporter: he is known as the grim sleeper because police believe he took a 14-year hiatus on his killing sprees. it was a piece of pizza that linked him. when police followed him to his home this past july, they made an an aalarming discovery. mondays ever pictures of women. not knowing what happened to them. >> our main concern is to identify these women. >> reporter: thursday, they posted the pictures to a website and are encouraging family and friends to come forward. >> there is someone's identity that we need to establish. there is some family in this city that goes without justice. and you will help us in achieving that for them. >> reporter: franklin could get the death penalty if convicted of the 10 murders he's already charged with. those cases may soon

that police say was lonnie franklin's, what he was attracted to. >> what was that? >> predominantly almost exclusively young african-american women. he lives in a part of town that is predominantly or at the time when he was most active, as an alleged killer, was predocument thanly african-american. the age range of these photos does range from what looks like teenagers up into 30 and 40-year-old women. and the known victims of this person who police say lonnie franklin fits right into that mold. >> and then joel, the who. are these potential victims? are they friends? are they witnesses? let's listen. this is sound from a police detective addressing that particular issue. >> this is very important. there is somebody's photo among these 180 who is a victim. >> our main concern right now is the welfare of these individuals and their identity and our best wish is that we get a phone call from each and everyone of them and that everything is okay. >> so they're hoping to get phone calls. they want happy endings with these women but could it be possible that some of the

detectives found almost 1,000 photos and hundreds of home videos when they search lonnie franklin, jr.,'s home. he has pled not guilty to the sexual assault and murder of ten women during a 22 year span. >>> at least -- we're learning more information about the man who held a florida school board at gunpoint. clay duke, according to authorities, was a virtual unknown to them at the time of the shooting. but evidence of his anti- government beliefs was found at his home. duke's wife said he was pushed over the edge by the economy. and he was frustrated over her losing her teaching job. he was also bipolar and could no longer afford his medication. his wife said that he purposely missed all of his targets before killing himself. >>> just in time for the rush of holiday travelers. several airlines are now hiking the cost of a round trip ticket. american airlines boosted prices on flights that are more than 500 miles by $10. the same fare increases were made by united, continental, delta, southwest and u.s. airways. carriers are trying to raise revenue with a range of fees, including payi

serial killer suspect lonnie franklin charged with murdering ten women but police now say they foundh of sexually explicit pictures in his house and they are worried that many more women could have been victims. counter s news national correspondent ben tracy is in wlngs with the latest. good morning, ben. >> reporter: good morning, harry. you know the so-called grim sleeper terrorized los angeles for years. he was finally caught this summer but now police say they need the public's help because they fear he may have killed more people than they ever imagined. for more than two decades, a string of murders went unsolved. most of the victims thought to be prostitutes and drug users. all from a gritty section of south los angeles. police say the killer is this man, local mechanic, lonnie franklin, jr., who may have even more victims. >> lonnie franklin's rein of terror in the city of of los angeles, which spanned well over two decades and we certainly do not believe that we are so lucky or so good as to know all his victims. >> reporter: franklin has been dubbed the grim sleeper becaus

. >> reporter: lonnie franklin jr. is charged with murdering ten women but now his attorney says the accused serial killer can't get a fair trial. this week, police released 180 photos of unidentified women, pictures discovered in franklin's home. detectives believe some could be victims of the man dubbed the grim sleeper. not the case, says franklin's lawyer. >> at least 18 of those photographs contain family and friends' photographs. they've tainted the jury pool, and my client's right to a fair trial. >> reporter: police say they offered to show the photos to franklin's family, who declined. after asking for the public's help, hundreds of tips poured in to lapd. investigators have identified five women. >> that's my sister. >> reporter: latonya clark says her sister rowena is number 118. >> i kept thinking i hope nothing has happened to her. i hope she's not dead. >> reporter: arrested in july, police say franklin began his murder spree back in 1985, but after a 14-year break in the homicides, they say franklin stru

police say the killer is this man, local mechanic lonnie franklin yrz who may have even more victims.nie franklin's reign of terror in the city of los angeles which spanned well over two decades and we don't believe that we're so lucky or so good as to know all of his victims. >> reporter: franklin has been dubbed the grim sleeper because police believe he took a 14-year hiatus. it was a dna on a slice of pizza to link him to ten murders. when police arrested him and raided the home, they made an alarming discovery. hundreds of photos of women, no clue they are or what may have happened to them. >> main concern right now is the welfare of these individuals and their identity. >> reporter: on thursday, l.a. police posted the photos to a website and encouraging family and friends to come forward. >> there's an identity to establish, a family in the city without jis tis. >> reporter: franklin could get the death penalty if convicted. those cases may soon be solved but now detectives are most concerned about the women seen in the 180 photographs and finding out whether or not they're stil

lonnie franklin is accused of killing 25 black women in the last 25 years. of the women have already been identified. the woman in photo number 118 is rowena morris, a mother of two who disappeared five years ago. her sister came forward after two weeks of phone calls this week. a phone call from a cousin and a friend. >> she tells me, as soon as i can, i need to get to the computer. my sister, rowena's photo was photo number 118. i'm thinking to myself, lord, have mercy. this can't be. >> tonya clark rushed home concerned that the woman in that picture is, indeed, her sister. now, she is in the same position as many other people, fearing the worst as to why the grim sleeper had her sister's picture and where she goes from here. >>> we have all the day's top stories and your weather forecast coming up in just a half hour. we will see you in just a little bit. ♪ sleigh bells ring are you listening ♪ >> and we're back on this saturday morning. december 18th, 2010. we're just one week away from christmas. everyone here out on the plaza is in the holiday spirit.

lonnie franklin is accused of killing ten women, some in the '80s.thers between 2002 and 2007. because of that gap in years, he's now being called the grim sleeper. >>> meanwhile, investigators in seattle say surveillance video taken on a city bus helped them arrest five teens in a senseless attack. police say the teens took an mp3 player from a pregnant 17-year-old girl and then beat her when she asked for it back, even though her boyfriend tried to intervene. the girl needed six stitches to close a gash above her eye. thankfully, though, the baby was not hurt. >>> breast cancer patients may use access to the world's best-selling cancer drug. the fda say the risks of avastin outweigh the benefits. avastin will be used for other cancers. but cutting its use for breast cancer could cost the drugmaker $1 billion a year. >>> steel beams for the freedom tower reached the 52nd floor yesterday, more than 600 feet above the ground. workers are trying to finish up the 104-story building by the end of next year. and once completed, that building will be the t

the grim sleeper is the nickname given to suspect lonnie franklin, , jr. police have now released pictures they found in franklin's home. photos of 160 women in sexually explicit poses. detectives are concerned and some of these women might also be murder victims whose bodies have not been either discovered or identified. >> these photos go back 2 0 and 30 years. people will have changed their appearance. people will have aged. we're very interested enemy identifying these individuals and speaking with them if at all possible. >> reporter: at this point franklin only faces charges in the murders of 10 women. he's pleaded not guilty. more tonight on the attempted sex assault inside a bathroom in a middle school. baltimore county police have 21- year-old sean slay in custody. they say he attacked a 7th grade boy. slay apparently told police he had intentions to have sex with the boy and he picked the victim because he was blond and small. he shoved a sock in his mouth and forced him into a stall. >> the student did cry out, and immediately stab staff was nea

police say they all have one thing in common, a connection to suspected serial killer, lonny franklin, doubled the grim sleeper. >> these people are not suspects. >> reporter: 57-year-old franklin, an ex-auto me dannic, is charged with killing ten people, working class african-americans. detectives say he started his spree in 1985, killing seven people in his south los angeles neighborhood. and then more than 15 years later, he came back. the case was doubled the grim sleeper for the apparent time gap in the killing spree. franklin was arrested in 2010 when advanced dna testing linked him to the crimes. police say these pictures suggest there may be more victims. >> i think it's absurd to think he just stopped one day and started another day 14 years later. >> reporter: according to investigators, these photos were found in franklin's home, taken from undeveloped film and videotape. police believe many of these images may be 20 to 30 years old. today, they're on the front page. hundreds of phone calls have poured into the los angeles police department. people who recognize missing lov

lonnie franklin has pleaded not guilty. >> we certainly do not believe that we are so lucky or so good need the public's help. the public must remember these photos go back 20 and 30 years. >> reporter: the lapd and prosecutors say he is responsible for nearly a dozen gruesome murders. ten of the victims are women. seven women were murdered then sexually assaulted between 1985 and 1988 in south los angeles. 14 years later, between 2002 and 2007, there were at least 3 more murders. detective dennis kilcoyne is the lead homicide detective in the case. >> i don't think for a minute he stopped. i think that -- i think we stopped connecting cases at some point. i don't think for a minute that mr. franklin changed his habits, so i'm looking to fill in the blanks of what he has been up to for the past 25, 30 years. >> reporter: franklin's alleged victims all had a connection to prostitution and operated in the area of 81st and western. chief beck can't say anything about the women in these photographs released and district attorney steve coley has a sobering thought. >> it is entirely possibl

lonnie franklin is accused of killing ten women back in the '80s.face. more now from dan harris. >> reporter: an officer on the side of the road in dayton, ohio, locked in a life or death struggle for a man reaching for his gun and taser. he gets help but from an unlikely source, a good samaritan, a total stranger who pulls over and dives right into the fight. initially the woman's name wasn't released but we now know who it was. angela pierce. >> i did it because i feel like he needed a hand and there wasn't. nobody else. everybody just ran past him. >> reporter: pierce says when the other officers arrived on the scene finally taking the assailant down they initially handcuffed her but quickly took off the cuffs and gave her a high-five. >> they just thanked me and let me go. >> reporter: she was moved when she heard officer jonathan seiter saying he thought she was a guardian angel sent by his parents who are dead. >> i do truly appreciate what you did and my wife does, too, and my children. >> you're welcome. >> reporter: the officer says he does

nine out of the 12 deaths that they do relate to lonny franklin are connected with a gun. so 9 out of 12 through through ballistics. and 6 out of the 12 linked specifically with dna, with a lot of crossover between those cases. if they can identify more potentially missing people, they may be able to take unsolved crimes, bodies that have never been identified, and bring them in through dna analysis, as well. >> right. because obviously he's been dubbed the grim sleeper. but it is an odd pattern, would you say, to not kill anyone for 15 years. we've got his pattern that police know of. they believe he killed women between 85 and '88. and then, didn't resume back until 2002, up through the current day. >> well, that's the difference here. number one, he may have been killing in that time period. but that's also about the time he went on disability, and left his job as a sanitation worker. he may have been physically unable to actually carry out his killings and get away with it. keep in mind he also quit, supposedly, after the last victim survived. got away. gave a descript

lonnie franklin is accused of killing ten black women in the past 25 years. nicknamed the grim sleeper. the police department says it is getting millions of hits on its website. a few of the women have already been identified. the woman in photo number 118 is rowena morris, a mother of two who disappeared five years ago. her sister recently came forward after two phone calls this week, one from a cousin, another from a friend. >> she tells me, as soon as i can, i need to get to the computer. my sister, rowena's photo was photo number 118. i am thinking myself, this can't be. >> she says she did confirm that the woman in the picture was her sister. now, she is in the same position as many other people, fearing the worst as to why the grim reaper had her sister's picture and where she goes from here. >>> coming up on "today in the bay," if you are super late with your christmas shopping, you can expect super deals. >>> santa is coming, santa is coming. don't you want to know when he will be landing on your roof top? there is an app for that when "today in the b

detectives found almost 1,000 photos and hundreds of hours of video inside the home of lonnie franklined not guilty to sexually assaulting and killing 10 women from 1985 to 2007. >>> a consumer alert to pass along this morning. the government now banning drop side baby cribs. >>> the government now taking bp to court over the gulf oil spill. the justice department lawsuit names the oil giant and eight other contractors to get back billions of dollars in removal costs from the oil spill. bp has already set aside $20 billion to cover the cough of the clean-up. >>> in maryland, ocean city officials want your thoughts on replacing the boardwalk. it runs more than two miles and resort officials are reviewing options for replacing it. one option may include building a concrete tram lane up the center of the boardwalk. the city is scheduling a hearing to get input from the public in february. >>> straight ahead the new tron sequel opens tomorrow. find out about the secret to the movie's cool costumes. >>> we'll have kevin mccarthy coming up. >>> this is shantel rivers and we are ain germany.

the trove of sexually explicit photos seized in july from the home of suspected serial killer lonnie franklin junior. >> have you told the cops? >> i called them earlier this morning. >> reporter: in less than 24 hours after releasing the cropped photos of about 160 women, detectives said they had some possible matches. >> we have tentatively identified about five of the individuals. we are working to verify that. >> reporter: police say they've had millions of page hits since posting these photos just some of the thousands they found and they fear some of these women may also be victims. >> i'll tell you this, that he is one of the most significant serial murderers in the history of los angeles, just based on the cases that we are prosecutorring him for. >> reporter: the local mechanic has already been charged with ten murders. detectives are working overtime following hundreds of public leads and reviewing at least 30 cold case files. the suspect was labeled the grim sleeper after it appeared that he took a 14 year hiatus in killing. now police are hoping that these faces, including number

. >> lonnie franklin jr. had the photos and say he sexually assault and killed at least 10 women between 1985 and 2007. the 14-year gap between some murders led officers to dub him the grim sleeper. franklin pleaded not guilty and is in jail awaiting trial. >> the man accused of attacking a bay area teenager is accused of kidnapping 12-year-old brittany smith and committing credit card theft. an ark letter shopper spotted the pair at a safeway. police consider him a suspect in the death of brittany's mother, tippa smith. brittany is back in virginia with her family. >>> i goff nof-elect is house hunting at the state capital. cameras spotted jerry brown at lost works in sacramento yesterday. he will maintain his primary residence for weekend visits, but needs a home closer to work. >> will you live here? >> no decision yet. have to check with the wife. >> of course he does. >> brown briefly considered living in the governor's manning, but the plumbing and electricity are both outdated. it's not the first time

lonnie franklin jr. had the photos and say he sexually assault and killed at least 10 women between 1985 and 2007. there is a 14-year gap between some murders and that led officers to dub him the grim sleeper. sacramento county sheriffs have identified a suspect in a strip mall gun battle that killed two people. she 24-year-old lonnie orlando mitchell of sacramento. they think mitchell was involved in tuesday's shootout and cannot say if he was responsible for firing the shot that killed two people. the victims were a mother trying to protect her 2-year-old son. >> regulators could pass sweeping new laws today. they would give power plants and refineries incentive to cut green house gas emissions. the air resources board could pass it today or tomorrow. it's part of the state's 2000 ax climate law. >>> california's air quality has a lot to do with how much we drive getting to and from work. the bay area is home to some of the worst commutes in the country according to the website bundle. a new study rank

of about 160 women whose i'm manages were found on the property of an accused serial killer, lonnie franklin. who do you know about this case, where the investigation stands? >> there's a number of interesting things in this case, contessa. number one, this individual is accuse of having killed at least ten women and one man over a period of multiple years. but, contessa, this guy, if he's the killer, he took 14 years off between -- he killed for a period of time, from '85 to '88. he took 14 years off. and then in 2002 he started killing again. and, contessa, the only way he was identified was that his son was arrested. the authorities took his son's dna, compared that to the dna that was found on some of the victims. it was close, it was close enough to find out who his father was. this guy's dna matched. so dna still is the magic bullet for cases like this. >> well, again, the lapd has publicized those photos. they want to find out who these women are, whether they are indeed victims or just photos taken and happened to be stashed in this guy's house. so just to let folks know they might w

all five of the women are alive but the lawyer for lonnie david franklin jr. charged with killing ten women says releasing the photos is a deliberate attempt by prosecutors to influence public opinion. more from abc's t.j. winick. >> reporter: once the coldest of cold cases, there are new leads in the grim sleeper murder investigation after l.a. police released 180 images thursday found on the suspect's property. >> we have about five that we have tentatively i.d.'d, so, you know, as this rolls out, we hope that we identify every person of the 180 photos. >> reporter: authorities are getting calls from women who recognize themselves and others. police believe some in the photos could be victims of lonnie david franklin jr., a 57-year-old mechanic arrested in july. franklin allegedly killed several women in his south los angeles neighborhood in the '80s and then more than 15 years later began killing again. because of the apparent time gap, the media dubbed the serial killer the grim sleeper. franklin is accused of nine murders. it was, in fact, dna evidence fr

lonnie franklin jr.en women back in the 1980s but investigators found nearly 1,000 graphic photos and videotapes when they searched his house. they will release 160 pictures of women and they want to know if these women are still alive. >>> meantime, police in new york aren't yet say figure they have a serial killer on their hands, but in the words of one officer, i don't think it's a coincidence. four bodies discovered along a beach four miles east of new york city and now the fbi is investigating a possible link to four unsolved murders in atlantic city back in 2008. michelle sigona is an investigative crime reporter. good morning, michelle. >> good morning, chris. >> i don't think any of these women in new york have been positively identified but one woman thinks her daughter who was advertised on craigslist as an escort. what are you hearing? are police looking at a possible internet connection here? >> that is one possibility. there are a couple different links that they're looking at right now. the

police say they all have one thing in common, a connection to lonnie franklin, dubbed the grim sleeper. >> these people are not suspects. we don't even know if they're victims. >> 57-year-old franklin, an ex auto mechanic is charged with killing ten women, predominantly working class americans. detectives say he started his spree in 1985, killing several people in his los angeles neighborhood and more than 15 years later, he came back. the case was dubbed the grim sleeper for the apparent time gap in the killing spree. franklin was arrested in 2010 when advanced dna testing linked him to the crimes. police say these pictures suggest there may be more victims. >> i think it's abdomen absurd to think that he stopped one day and picked up several years later. >> according to investigators, these photos were found inside franklin's home. police say some of these photos may be 20 to 30 years old. now, they're on the front page. >> hundreds of phone calls have poured into the los angeles police department. people who recognize missing loved ones, latanya clark says picture number 118 is her

explicit pictures of the women were found in the home of a suspected serial killer, local mechanic lonnie franklin. he's called the grim sleeper because police believe he took a 14 year hiatus in his killing spree. most of the victims are believed to be prostitutes and drug addicts from a seedy part of l.a. police want to know whether the women in the pictures were also victims. >> our main concern right now is the welfare of these individuals and their identity. >> there is somebody's identity we need to establish. there is some family in this city that goes without justice. and you will help us in achieving that for them. >> franklin is officially charged with 10 counts of murder. he could get the death penalty if convicted. >>> a elderly man is recovering after he plunged his vehicle into florida's biscayne bay. a firefighter's camera captured the drama as rescuers dove in. look at that. rescuers dove in, broke the car's windows and pulled the driver to safety. investigators say the man was trying to park, but accidentally put the car in forward instead of reverse. he's in stable condition in a

lonnie franklin jr. he has pleaded not guilty to killing 10 women in the mid 1980s and during the past decade as well. they call him the grim sleeper case because there weren't any murders for 14 years. or so anyone thought. these pictures have raised brand new questions about that. they are part of a collection of sexually explicit photos and videos. police say they found them in the suspect's home and in his garage. they released 160 images today saying they are concerned for all of these women. since then detectives report calls have flooded in allowing them to tentatively identify five of them. they will not say who they are or whether they are even dead or alive. the government will take less money out of your paycheck than it had planned. nobody's income taxes are to go up at the start of the year. that happened today after the president signed into law a bill he negotiated with the republican lawmakers. a bill that temporarily extends the bush era tax cuts for all income lefltion. and lowers the p

lonnie franklin jr. was arrested in july.ilty to changes killing ten women starting in 1985. >>> and tonight on "360" at 10:00 p.m., 9/11 responders left in limbo. you'd think after touting the tirls work they did at ground zero, republicans would have no problem supporting a health bill for them. but that's not the case. we're keeping them honest. we'll talk with new york democratic congressman anthony weaner who is outraged over the delay. that's the latest. now back to "parker/spitzer." >>> time for p.s., or postscript. today marked the end of an era as patrick kennedy, teddy's youngest son, packed his bags. the last kennedy still in office in washington, d.c. >> it seems unimaginable since 1947, when john f. kennedy became a congressman at age 29, there has always been a kennedy serving on capitol hill. >> it's not just their political dynasty that seems to be ending but also what they stood for. remember when teddy and the rest of the clan so memorably endoersd obama as the inheritor to their legacy. >> he also has an un

police believe some in the photos could be victims of lonny david franklin jr., a 57-year-old mechanic arrested in july. he allegedly killed several women in a south los angeles neighborhood in the '80s and then more than 15 years later, began killing again. because of the apparent time gab, the media dubbed the serial killer, the grim sleeper. franklin is accused of nine murders. there was dna evidence from his son earlier this year that led police to him. sglo definitely going to bring my family some closure. >> in many of the pictures, the women are topless or completely naked. some even appear to be unconscious or perhaps dead. franklin's attorney's outraged by the photo release. she said it taints the potential jury pool, and some of the members are friends and family of the suspect. >> it's not all the photographs. that were released to the public that's the problem. it's also the commentary that went along with the release by the public officials. >> abc news has learned that police asked franklin's wife to see if she could identify any of the women in the photos, but she refuse

police are worried some of the women may have been killed by lonnie david franklin junior.ly and charged with ten murders, some dating back to the 1980s. >>> if you bought an electric heater from walmart you may need to bring it back. that's because the retailer along with the consumer product safety commission is recalling more than 2 million of them because they could pose a fire hazard. the heaters were sold under the brands flow pro, air tech, aloha breeze and comfort essentials. >>> and it was raining teddy bears in canada, on sunday fans tossed 23,000 stuffed animals on to the ice after the first goal. it didn't surprise any of the players. this is an annual event for a junior hockey team. the players donated the stuffed animals to more than 50 children's charity. >> that's cool. looks like someone could get hurt. >> got to duck. >> indeed. >>> time now for the -- is larry ready yet? all right. larry's not ready yet. time now for the ridiculist. time to add in the name. tonight should be probably called the revicklist. vick is having a great year on the field with the

lonnie franklin jr.murdering 10 women and attempting to kill another in a los angeles area. over two decades. when he was arrested this summer, police found thousands of images of women in graphic and suggestive photos and now they're trying to figure out who they all are. >> an ohio woman faces kidnapping charges after allegedly trying to steal babies from local hospitals. the 20-year-old was arrested after she tried to get into the maternity ward on a hospital outside of akron. nurses recognized williams from a picture sent out the day before when she was caught snooping around another maternity ward nearby. >> start again, brian. >> sorry, steve. i'll try to get this right. middle school and high school students in oregon will now have a new tool at their disposal while taking state writing tests. spell check. oregon is the first state to allow electronic spell checking but others are expected to follow suit. school officials say the change will allow educators to better assess a student's writing wit