Authorities will charge a suspect in the Grim Sleeper serial killer case with 10 counts of murder, the Los Angeles District Attorney said Wednesday.

Earlier Wednesday police arrested Lonnie David Franklin Jr., 57.

Nicknamed for taking long breaks between attacks, the killer is believed responsible for at least 11 deaths since 1985 in south Los Angeles. The killer targeted black women, using the same small caliber weapon.

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