"Westside Rapist" gets life for Calif. killings
John Floyd Thomas pleads guilty to seven counts of first-degree murder and gets sentence of seven life terms
"(AP)LOS ANGELES - A former state insurance adjuster dubbed the "Westside Rapist" by police was sentenced to life in prison Friday for murdering seven women in sexual attacks that terrified Los Angeles in the 1970s and 1980s.
John Floyd Thomas, 74, pleaded guilty to seven counts of first-degree murder and was sentenced to seven life terms, including one without the possibility of parole in the attacks, Los Angeles County district attorney's spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said.
Some of the murders included special allegations that the crimes were committed during the commission of burglary or rape.
Leads pile up vs. suspected serial killer
A call to Thomas' court-appointed public defender, Alan Gelfand, was not immediately returned.
Based on cold-case DNA testing, Thomas was arrested in March 2009 and charged in the "Westside Rapist" case in which a man entered the homes of middle-aged and elderly women who lived alone, raped them and choked them until they passed out or died.
Although he was charged with seven murders, investigators have said they believe he may have killed as many as 30 women and raped many more.
The attacks stopped in 1978 — the year Thomas went to prison for the rape of a Pasadena woman — but authorities say they resumed a decade later in the eastern county."
It appears that justice has not been served for John Floyd Thomas. He has been charged with killing seven woman and also sexually assaulted their innocence. They have suspected or stated that he may have killed and raped more than thirty women. All he gets is seven life sentences? This man does not deserve to survive off of our tax dollars. Yes, he is human and has made severely life altering mistakes, but he needs to die slowly. We all sin and have fallen short, but thirty possible victims? That is way too many lives that have been jeopardized and taken my his hand. How many more does it take for us to realize that maybe he wants to die because he doesn't have any regards or value for life and the living being in others? I would love to know answers to the questions that I know maybe have related to the mass murderer.
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In choosing to reply about a colleague's blog, I came across an article from Kandis Initiating Forward Movement. In her blog, she mentions an interesting article about a "Westside Rapist". The article mentions how a 74 year old, once insurance adjuster, pleaded guilty to rapping and killing elderly women in their own homes. As if that isn't horrible enough, it also proceeds to explain how the serial killer may have also killed as many as 30 other women, that of which he has not been held accountable for. Kandis makes clear and understandable judgments about how the serial killer should pay for his crimes. Since he has only been accounted for only 7 of the murders, police do believe that there is a possibility that he may be guilty of many more. What I do not understand is why not the other 30 victims as well. I like how she mentioned he doesn't deserve to survive off of our tax dollars. I think she is correct. She further goes on to exclaim, "that is way too many lives that have been jeopardized and taken by his hand." I find her to feel passionate that he should pay for the remaining victims he has not been charged with. How can this serial killer of all these elderly women get a slap on the wrist? When a crime is committed, victims and their families want to see justice performed to the fullest extent and not just a half way job. He showed no mercy on his victims while rapping and killing them, so why does our government need to show mercy on him.
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