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Carolyn Barney

Case from Los Angeles, CA dated May 29, 1987

Victim Details

Carolyn Barney

Female

Black / African American

Los Angeles

CA

1987-05-29

29

Carolyn

Barney

08/22/2026

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On May 29, 1987, the body of Carolyn Barney, a 29-year-old Black woman, was discovered in a vacant lot located in the 9700 block of Grandee Avenue in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. The grim finding launched a homicide investigation that would eventually lead authorities to a suspect connected to a string of other murders. The location of the discovery was chillingly significant, as it was on the same block where the parents of the man eventually convicted of her murder resided. This deta ...
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  • Carolyn Barney, 29 - The Homicide Report - Los Angeles Times
  • All About Los Angeles Serial Killer Louis Craine | Crime News
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