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Would do this, we would amplify the number of leads and contacts that the people would have with that team of detectives. >> let's talk about that. let's talk about the laptd task force and all of those leads that came forward. he's what's so fascinating. i want to talk more about lonnie david franklin, 57 years old, what you know about him and what you know about him now. the evidence actually came from a slice of pizza. explain how this happened and how this second family tree search led to lonnie david franklin jr. >> the information that i have. we're going to get more of a briefing this m...

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It could be a huge break in a nightmare that has nagged los angeles for 25 years. an arrest in the so-called grim sleeper case. that nightmare might finally be put to rest thanks to dna testing. cnn's randi kaye has more on the arrest, the victims and the victims who say they're finally closer to justice. >> reporter: he preyed at night, trolling the streets of south central l.a. for victims, and there were many. it's believed deborah jackson was the first to die. the 29-year-old cocktail waitress left a friend's home on august 10th, 1985. her body was found days later. jackson was shot to dea...

There were many. it is believed deborah jackson was the first to die. the 29-year-old cocktail waitress left a friend's home august 10, 1985. her body was found days later. jackson was shot to death. over the next two decades, he would take many more lives. all but one were black women. some working as prostitutes. most were shot to death. >> he would spot them and does spot them, victimize them, and then just discards their bodies in alleys like they are trash. he is a monster. >> reporter: a monster that detective dennis killcoin pursued for years. and he and his team believed it would only ...

In south l.a. >> we made an arrest here in the 1700 block of 81st street of the suspect that has been known to many as the grim sleeper. >> reporter: he is suspected of killing at least 11 women. but for now will only charge him with ten murders. he doesn't have a lawyer and there there has been no plea. police say he is the killer they call the grim sleeper. a name coined because of the as long gaps between killings. news of the arrest reached the family of alicia alexander who on september 11, 1988, asked her father if he needed anything from the store. she was found murdered days later. >> ...