Sacramento Adult Entertainment: Serial killer’s conviction, death sentence affirmed by state Supreme Court
Solomon, now 66, a soft-spoken handyman who befriended and at times housed many of the prostitutes of Oak Park, was found guilty in 1991 of killing six of them. The Sacramento Superior Court jury also found him guilty of sexually assaulting two other victims.
But the penalty phase of the trial ended with the jury deadlocked, and it was not until almost a year later that a different jury returned a verdict of death.
In the 10 months between June 1986 and April 1987 police discovered the bodies of seven prostitutes. All but one were found at homes where Solomon had worked or resided. More than half were buried in shallow, backyard graves. Nearly all of the women had been bound, two were gagged, and four were nude or partially clad from the waist down. All were drug users.
After Solomon’s arrest, three prostitutes reported to police that he had sexually assaulted them. One had been bound and gagged.