Who Killed Lori Lepper?

On Friday November 29, 2002, Los Angeles Police answered a homicide call at an apartment on La Cienaga Boulevard.  On the floor of apartment #10, lay a 32-year-old woman.

Her name was Lori Lepper and she had been brutally beaten and stabbed. There were clear signs of a struggle.  Two wallets had been stolen from Lori's purse where it lay on the floor beside her. 

The killer clearly tried to make it look like a break in or robbery. But it wasn't. Police believe the killer stayed around to make sure that Lori was good and dead. 

 Detective Gene Parshall would later say, This was not a normal person. He had a lot of anger, really wanted her dead, and was very agressive.

Who could have harbored such a black rage against Lori? There was only a handful of suspects and  LAPD ruled out them out pretty quickly. Nearly two years later Lori's case is on the books as an unsolved homicide.

Lori Lepper was well-known around the LA rock scene as an die-hard fan. It was rock and roll that had lured the native of Bologna, Italy to the US, 11 years before her death. Lori made LA her home. She held down a day job with a payroll company, but she was crazy for rock and roll and spent her evenings at concerts and clubs.

You could say that Lori was the ideal fan for a lot of rockers. She was crazy for the music and the musicians, but she respected their boundaries. That respect earned her their friendship.

In the wake of her death rockers are calling out for justice.