Phoenix ? A man suspected of being the area’s serial “Baseline Killer” has been indicted on charges including nine counts of first-degree murder, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

The 74 charges against Mark Goudeau stem from crimes committed between August 2005 and June 2006 throughout the Phoenix area. The charges include 15 counts of sexual assault and 11 counts of kidnapping.

Defense lawyer Corwin Townsend said Goudeau will plead not guilty to the new charges. He already has pleaded not guilty to two sexual assaults that authorities also attributed to the Baseline Killer.

Townsend said he will add to Goudeau’s defense team to handle the new charges, some of which could lead to the death penalty under a conviction.

Police announced last month that the man they thought to be the Baseline Killer was in custody and recommended that Goudeau be charged with murder and other crimes.