| The classic serial killer takes extended breaks between slayings, ranging from weeks to months. |
| Police arrested Lonnie Franklin Jr. in the summer of 2010, when DNA and ballistic evidence linked him to the slayings. |
| Ridgway was arrested nearly two years ago and was ultimately charged with seven slayings. |
| Thomas had worked as a state insurance claims adjuster since 1989, the year the second wave of slayings stopped, the newspaper reported. |
| The national murder figures, which are up by 25 to 784, do not suggest a big surge in knife slayings. |
| Last year, Homewood again was the most violent neighborhood, with 11 slayings. |
