Notorious ‘Sunset Strip Killer’ and necrophiliac Douglas Clark, 75, who terrorized Los Angeles in 1980, died of natural causes in prison
- Douglas Clark, 75, died Thursday while serving six consecutive death sentences at the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center
- Clark – better known as notorious killer and necrophiliac the ‘Sunset Strip Killer’ was responsible for the deaths of six women in the 1980s
- The man died of “natural causes,” state officials said
Douglas Clark, also known as one half of the ‘Sunset Strip Killers’, died in prison of ‘natural causes’. California Department of Corrections officials announced Thursday.
Clark, 75, was a known killer and necrophiliac who terrorized the Los Angeles area in 1980, beheading and beheading several young, vulnerable women.
The man – who died in the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center on Wednesday – would target runaways and prostitutes with his accomplice, Carol Bundy.
From June to August 1980, the two are accused of killing as many as a dozen people before they were arrested, charged and convicted of murder.
Bundy was sentenced to life without parole while Clark was sentenced to death in 1983, but California has not executed an inmate in nearly two decades.
Douglas Clark, also known as one half of the ‘Sunset Strip Killers,’ died in prison of ‘natural causes,’ California Department of Corrections officials announced Thursday
Clark, 75, was a known killer and necrophiliac who terrorized the Los Angeles area in 1980, beheading and beheading several young, vulnerable women.
According to reports from the timeClark and Bundy targeted girls as young as 15 and went after women who were perceived as vulnerable and despondent.
The pair had “an intense sadomasochistic relationship” where Clark would often bring sex workers back to the couple’s apartment for a threesome.
At one point, Clark became interested in an 11-year-old neighbor and Bundy helped lure the child into their home to pose for pornographic photographs.
From there, his desires “escalated” to sharing with his countryman that he would like to kill a girl during sex, and Bundy even bought two pistols for him to use.
According to one report, Clark hoped to fulfill a fantasy of killing a woman during sex and feeling her ‘vaginal contractions during the death spasms’.
During their months-long killing spree, the couple is believed to have killed at least seven individuals and possibly more who have not been discovered or identified.
Both Clark and Bundy allegedly complained to the police about additional murders.
After killing the women, Clark would use their corpses for sexual gratification.
Pictured: Forensic facial reconstruction of Clark’s unidentified victim, found in 1980
Bundy was sentenced to life without parole while Clark was sentenced to death in 1983, but California has not executed an inmate in nearly two decades
It was ultimately Bundy who confessed to colleagues and police about what she had done, implicating her partner in the process and leading to their arrests.
At his trial, Clark was found guilty of first-degree murder, mutilation/sexual contact with human remains, attempted first-degree murder and mayhem.
He was sentenced to death in 1983.
Bundy – who was not sentenced to death – died in prison at the age of 61.