LOS ANGELES TIMES, December 3, 1977

* Hillside Strangler serial killings
* Best title to be had ? (rare as such)

The front page has a two column heading: "Police Phones Flooded With Tips on 'Hillside Stangler'"" with subhead. (see images) Coverage continues inside with related photo.
And the front page of section II has two column heading: "Woman Criminalists Help Stalk 'Hillside Strangler'" Continues inside with another related photo.
Great to have in this L.A. publication. 
Complete first 2 sections only with a total of 60 pages, nice condition.

Background: The December 1977 coverage of the "Hillside Strangler" investigation captures a pivotal, terrifying moment in American true crime history when Los Angeles was paralyzed by a rapidly escalating serial killer crisis. Because cousins Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono Jr. were actively operating under a single moniker, the investigation pushed the Los Angeles Police Department and local forensic teams to their absolute limits, as reflected in the flooded tip lines and the mobilization of pioneering female criminalists featured in Section II. This specific artifact is historically significant because it represents raw, real-time media coverage of an ongoing panic before the killers were identified, highlighting a transitional era in criminology where traditional police work was forcing a shift toward modern forensic science and behavioral profiling to catch an unprecedented type of predator.