Prolific L.A. serial killer charged with killing woman in Utah in 1998
LA TimesChester D. Turner, seen here during a court appearance, is on death row after being convicted of 14 murders in California. A man Los Angeles prosecutors once described as one of the city’s most prolific serial killers has been charged with another slaying: a woman in Utah in the late 1990s. Utah authorities on Friday announced the filing of an aggravated murder charge against Chester Turner in the killing of 22-year-old Itisha Camp in Salt Lake City, where Turner had moved after absconding from parole in California. “We hope the filing of this charge brings some relief to Ms. Camp’s loved ones and our entire community, knowing that the defendant is already behind bars.” California Jury decides death for convicted serial killer Chester Dewayne Turner Tears rolled down Dianna Bright’s cheeks as she recalled the devastation caused by the murder of her younger sister at the hands of a serial killer more than two decades ago. Turner, a one-time pizza deliveryman, was one of at least five serial killers who preyed on victims in South L.A. in the 1980s and ‘90s, around the height of the city’s crack-cocaine epidemic.
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