January 21, 2016 LEE Derrick Todd Lee also known as The Baton Rouge Serial Killer was an American serial killer. His killing spree began in 1992 and ended in 2003 and consisted of seven women. He was initially overlooked by police because they incorrectly believed the killer was white. Prior to his murder charges he had been arrested for stalking women and watching them in their homes. Lee was linked by DNA to the deaths of seven women in the Baton Rouge and Lafayette areas in Louisiana and in 2004 was convicted - in separate trials - of the murders of Geralyn DeSoto and Charlotte Murray Pace. The Pace trial resulted in a death sentence. Newspapers suggested Lee was responsible for other unsolved murders in the area but the police lacked DNA evidence to prove these connections. Lee died on January 21, 2016 of heart disease at a hospital in Louisiana where he was transported for treatment from Louisiana State Penitentiary where he had been awaiting execution.
