Douglas Clark, also known as half of the ‘Sunset Strip Killers,’ has died in prison of ‘natural causes,’ California Department of Corrections officials announced Thursday.

Clark, 75, was a known murderer and necrophile who terrorized the Los Angeles area in 1980, dismembering and decapitating multiple young, vulnerable women. 

The man – who died Wednesday at the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center –  would target runaways and prostitutes alongside his accomplice, Carol Bundy. 

From June until August of 1980, the pair is accused of murdering as many as a dozen people before they were arrested, charged, and found guilty of murder. 

Bundy was sentenced to life without parole while Clark was sentenced to death in 1983, however, California has not executed a prisoner in nearly two decades.  

Douglas Clark, also known as half of the ‘Sunset Strip Killers,’ has died in prison of ‘natural causes,’ California Department of Corrections officials announced Thursday

Clark, 75, was a known murderer and necrophile who terrorized the Los Angeles area in 1980, dismembering and decapitating multiple young, vulnerable women

According to reports from the time, Clark and Bundy targeted girls as young as 15 and went after women who were considered vulnerable and dejected. 

The pair had an ‘an intense sadomasochistic relationship’ where Clark would frequently bring back sex workers to the couple’s apartment for threesomes. 

At one point, Clark took an interest in an 11-year-old neighbor and Bundy helped to lure the child into their home to pose for pornographic pictures.   

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From there, his desires ‘escalated’ into sharing with his compatriot 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 was hoping to fulfill fantasy of killing a woman during sex and feeling her ‘vaginal contractions during the death spasms.’ 

Throughout their months long murder spree, the couple is believed to have killed at least seven individuals and potentially more who were not discovered or identified. 

Both Clark and Bundy reportedly copped to police about additional homicides. 

After murdering 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, however, California has not executed a prisoner in nearly two decades

It was eventually Bundy who confessed to coworkers and police about what she had done, implicating her partner in the process and resulting in their arrests. 

During his trial, Clark was convicted 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.