David Russell

On November 13, 1964, an elderly white male transient named David Russell was found murdered on the steps of the Los Angeles Public Library. His throat had been slashed, and his body bore multiple stab wounds. The following day, another elderly man, 67-year-old Benjamin Hornberg, was killed in a similar fashion. These murders marked the beginning of a series of killings attributed to the "Skid Row Slasher."

The killings ceased after these initial incidents, but resumed a decade late ...