Authorities have arrested a black suspect in the Grim Sleeper serial killer case and will charge him with 10 counts of murder

Lonnie David Franklin Jr., 57, faces an additional count of attempted murder. 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, some working as prostitutes, using the same small caliber weapon. Margaret Prescod, who founded the Black Coalition Fighting Black Serial Murders and worked heavily with the families of the victims in the case, said she spoke with the Grim Sleeper Task Force who informed her of the arrest.