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Chester Dewayne Turner
Thirty-seven year-old Chester Dewayne Turner was identified following a complex yearlong investigation that involved extensive DNA testing.
Turner was ultimately identified as the man believed responsible for a series of violent murders using California’s CODIS (Combined DNA Index System) database. It is a database of convicted felons DNA.
Turner has been connected, through DNA, to 13 murders that occurred in the City of Los Angeles between 1987 and 1998. Eleven of these murders took place in a four-block wide corridor that ran on either side of Figueroa Street between Gage Avenue and 108th Street.
The two murders outside of this corridor occurred in downtown Los Angeles. One was within four blocks of Figueroa Street.
THE NINE MURDERS
On the morning of March 9, 1987, two passing motorists discovered the body of 21 year-old Diane Johnson in a roadway construction area west of the Harbor Freeway at 10217 South Grand Avenue. She was found partially nude and had been strangled.
On October 29, 1987, just after 1:00 a.m., a passing motorist discovered 26 year-old Annette Ernest lying on the roadway. She was found partially nude on the dirt shoulder at Grand Avenue and 106th Street. She too had been strangled.
On January 20, 1989, Southeast patrol officers received a radio call regarding a dead body in an alley at 9819 South Figueroa Street. Officers saw a wood panel door leaning diagonally against a detached garage. Behind the door, officers found the body of 31 year-old Anita Fishman. She was partially nude and the cause of death was strangulation.
Around 11:00 a.m., on September 23, 1989, a woman discovered the body of 27 year-old Regina Washington in a detached garage of a vacant home at 8858 South Figueroa Street.
She had been strangled. The investigation revealed that Washington was six months pregnant. The death of the fetus was attributed to the strangulation of the mother. The baby girl’s death was ruled a homicide.
On April 2, 1993, at 9:15 a.m., a construction worker discovered the body of 29 year-old Andrea Tripplett. She was found lying in the yard to the rear of a vacant building at 7812 South Figueroa Street. The victim was found partially nude and had been strangled.
On May 16, 1993, at 7:00 a.m., the body of 29 year-old Desarae Jones was found laying alongside a vacant residence at 6821 South Estrella Avenue. She was partially nude and the cause of death was strangulation.
On February 12, 1995, at 8:20 a.m., a friend discovered the body of 31 year-old Natalie Price alongside a residence at 532 West 80th Street. She too was partially nude and had been strangled.
On April 6, 1998, at 2:00 a.m., Central Area patrol officers were flagged down. They were told there was a possible dead body in a portable outhouse at 500 Gladys Avenue. The officers found the partially nude body of 37 year-old Brenda Bries. The cause of death was strangulation.
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Thirty-seven year-old Chester Dewayne Turner was identified following a complex yearlong investigation that involved extensive DNA testing.
Turner was ultimately identified as the man believed responsible for a series of violent murders using California’s CODIS (Combined DNA Index System) database. It is a database of convicted felons DNA.
Turner has been connected, through DNA, to 13 murders that occurred in the City of Los Angeles between 1987 and 1998. Eleven of these murders took place in a four-block wide corridor that ran on either side of Figueroa Street between Gage Avenue and 108th Street.
The two murders outside of this corridor occurred in downtown Los Angeles. One was within four blocks of Figueroa Street.
THE NINE MURDERS
On the morning of March 9, 1987, two passing motorists discovered the body of 21 year-old Diane Johnson in a roadway construction area west of the Harbor Freeway at 10217 South Grand Avenue. She was found partially nude and had been strangled.
On October 29, 1987, just after 1:00 a.m., a passing motorist discovered 26 year-old Annette Ernest lying on the roadway. She was found partially nude on the dirt shoulder at Grand Avenue and 106th Street. She too had been strangled.
On January 20, 1989, Southeast patrol officers received a radio call regarding a dead body in an alley at 9819 South Figueroa Street. Officers saw a wood panel door leaning diagonally against a detached garage. Behind the door, officers found the body of 31 year-old Anita Fishman. She was partially nude and the cause of death was strangulation.
Around 11:00 a.m., on September 23, 1989, a woman discovered the body of 27 year-old Regina Washington in a detached garage of a vacant home at 8858 South Figueroa Street.
She had been strangled. The investigation revealed that Washington was six months pregnant. The death of the fetus was attributed to the strangulation of the mother. The baby girl’s death was ruled a homicide.
On April 2, 1993, at 9:15 a.m., a construction worker discovered the body of 29 year-old Andrea Tripplett. She was found lying in the yard to the rear of a vacant building at 7812 South Figueroa Street. The victim was found partially nude and had been strangled.
On May 16, 1993, at 7:00 a.m., the body of 29 year-old Desarae Jones was found laying alongside a vacant residence at 6821 South Estrella Avenue. She was partially nude and the cause of death was strangulation.
On February 12, 1995, at 8:20 a.m., a friend discovered the body of 31 year-old Natalie Price alongside a residence at 532 West 80th Street. She too was partially nude and had been strangled.
On April 6, 1998, at 2:00 a.m., Central Area patrol officers were flagged down. They were told there was a possible dead body in a portable outhouse at 500 Gladys Avenue. The officers found the partially nude body of 37 year-old Brenda Bries. The cause of death was strangulation.
www.thoughtco.com/chester-dewayne-turner-973134