LOS ANGELES TIMES, Dec. 16, 1977

• Hillside Strangler killings - murders
• Best title to be had ? (rare as such)
• Next to last victim - Kimberly Diane Martin
• Cousins Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono Jr.

The front page has a nice banner headline for display: "Strangler Victim's Plea: 'Don't Kill Me!'" with subhead and photo of Martin. (see images) Great to have in this L.A. publication.
Complete 1st section only with 30 pages, nice condition.

Background: The December 1977 murder of 17-year-old Kimberly Diane Martin represents a crucial and exceptionally documented turning point in the infamous "Hillside Strangler" investigation, making case files, media coverage, and evidence linked to her death particularly notable and rare among true-crime historical records. Strangled by cousins Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono Jr. after they lured her via a fake escort call to a Hollywood apartment, Martin was the duo's ninth recognized victim, but her case uniquely provided law enforcement with one of their few direct operational leads: phone records tracing the final dispatch call to a specific payphone, which narrowed the physical geographic footprint of the killers. Because Bianchi and Buono meticulously stripped their victims of evidence and dumped their bodies across public hillsides in Echo Park and surrounding areas, primary investigative documentation, vintage press press-photo wire prints, and court transcripts specific to Martin's dispatch record are considered scarce collectors' items and significant forensic records. Her tragic murder is frequently highlighted in criminological studies as a classic example of serial killer escalation and proxy luring tactics, standing out as a vital piece of evidence that ultimately helped dismantle the pair's spree before Bianchi’s 1979 arrest.