Samara Herard speaks to the media about the guilty verdict for Lonnie Franklin, Jr., known as the “Grim Sleeper,” at the Criminal Courts building in Los Angeles. Herard is sister of Princess Berthomieux, a 15-year-old black girl, found strangled and beaten March 19, 2002, in an Inglewood alley.Samara Herard speaks to the media about the guilty verdict for Lonnie Franklin, Jr., known as the “Grim Sleeper,” at the Criminal Courts building in Los Angeles. Herard is sister of Princess Berthomieux, a 15-year-old black girl, found strangled and beaten March 19, 2002, in an Inglewood alley. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)