The Region - News from May 21, 1987

Congress should investigate the unsolved murders of at least 16 women in and near the South-Central Los Angeles area over the past 3 1/2 years, a women’s group said. Margaret Prescod, a spokesman for the Black Coalition Fighting Back Serial Murders, also called for day-to-day FBI assistance to augment the Southside Serial Killer Task Force, composed of Los Angeles police and Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies. Prescod also called for law enforcement authorities to issue a semimonthly report on the investigation of the slayings, most of which involved women with records of arrests for prostitution.