Just hearing what you were saying about this case, it's devastating. 'You know Greg, it's just a solemn moment for the victims,' said Tony Clayton, lead prosecutor for the trial into the death of DeSoto.

Prosecutors believe Lee also killed Randi Mebruer from Zachary. The other murders include Pam Kinamore, Gina Wilson Green, Carrie Lynn Yoder and Trineisha Dene' Colomb.

Lee is suspected of killing seven women between 19. Lee was also convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in the January 2002 killing of Geralyn DeSoto. She was a graduate student at LSU at the time of her death. In 2004, he was sentenced to death in the 2002 first-degree murder of Charlotte Murray Pace, 22, of Baton Rouge. Lee, 47, was linked through DNA to the deaths of multiple women. Officials said additional information about Lee's medical condition cannot be released due to federal and state privacy laws. Lee was taken to the hospital early Saturday morning due to a medical condition, according to Laborde. Lee reportedly had recent troubles with his pacemaker. An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death.

Pam Laborde, spokeswoman with the Louisiana Department of Safety and Corrections, said Lee died shortly before 9 a.m. BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Convicted south Louisiana serial killer Derrick Todd Lee has died, officials confirmed Thursday morning.

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