Phyllis McClinton, a 25-year-old Black woman, was found deceased in a vacant lot in South Los Angeles on November 4, 1980. Authorities did not provide an exact address or additional details regarding the circumstances of her death, but her case was believed to be connected to an unidentified serial killer active in the South Los Angeles area at the time.
Investigators later linked McClinton’s murder to that of another victim, Sonia Smith, who was also 25 years old and had been killed o
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