In 1984, Lonnie Franklin Jr, also known as the “Grim Sleeper” claimed his first victim; by 2007, he had claimed the lives of over one hundred African American women. He would hunt them down, lure them with money and crack cocaine, then he would either shoot them with his 25. Caliber pistol or strangle them to death. He would then sexually assault their lifeless bodies before taking polaroid pictures of them. Once, he was finished, he would mutilate their bodies and leave their parts in alleyways all over South Central, Los Angeles. Among his victims was a little girl named Princess Berthomieux; she was only fifteen years old when she was murdered.

The Girl(s) Next Door is centered around Princess and the spirits of the Grim Sleeper’s victims. Princess is on a mission to completely dismantle an injustice system that continues to allow violence against Black women to go unchecked. She will not stop until justice is served for her, and the many lives lost to The Grim Sleeper.