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Frank Floyd Reed

Case from Los Angeles, CA dated Nov 12, 1978

Victim Details

Frank Floyd Reed

Male

Black / African American

Los Angeles

CA

1978-11-12

36

Frank

Floyd Reed

08/01/2026

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Frank Floyd Reed, a 36-year-old Black male, was one of the victims in a chilling series of murders that plagued the Skid Row area of Los Angeles in late 1978. On November 12 of that year, Reed was found stabbed to death in a parking lot, his murder occurring during a particularly violent stretch in which multiple victims were targeted in rapid succession. That same day, another man—49-year-old Augustine E. Luna—was also killed, suggesting a double homicide by the same assailant. The killings ...
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