Matthew Macon smiled as he entered court with his hands and legs cuffed Monday morning. That smile quickly faded as Judge Patrick Cherry ruled the 28-year-old will go to trial on five charges in the deaths of 41-year-old Karen Delgado-Yates, 64-year-old Sandra Eichorn and an assault on Jones Street in Lansing.

Michigan State Police DNA expert Jeffery Nye took the stand, testifying DNA samples from a glove, baseball cap and pants found at the Eichorn and Delgado-Yates crime scenes matched Macon's profile.

"The DNA profile that was obtained from the cuff of that glove matched that of Mr. Macon," said Nye. "Once in every 1.6 quadrillion people...at random, this is the frequency we would expect to see that profile out in the population."

Macon's lawyer responded by arguing police made errors in the DNA testing. Mike O'Briant also pointed to a lack of eyewitnesses to the Delgado-Yates and Eichorn murders.

There was a glimmer of good news for Macon, as Judge Cherry dismissed three counts including one for criminal sexual conduct, due to a lack of evidence.

"They were all felonies," said O'Briant. "There were the two other pending cases, separate from these was a home invasion third degree charge as well as the failure to register a felony offense, so those have been dismissed. We were able to obtain something here today."

The evidence is hard for loved ones to swallow, but hearing it is helping some move on.

"All this evidence we had heard about is true. It came out, and it just makes me feel a lot better knowing that," said Douglas Redmon, brother of Delgado-Yates.

Macon, who was paroled in June, could face more charges in the deaths of three other women from this summer.

O'Briant says his client will waive his November 21st arraignment date in Ingham Circuit Court. No date has been set for his trial.