Suspected serial killer Matthew Macon has been in and out of trouble with the law since he was a juvenile. According to the Michigan Department of Corrections, he faced two criminal sexual conduct charges before he was 18.
Macon was paroled in September 2004. On December 20, 2004, Barbara Jean Tuttle was killed. Then, on January 23, 2005, Lansing Community College professor Carolyn Kronenberg was found murdered in a classroom.
Macon was sent back to prison on a parole violation in February of 2005, and wasn't released until June of 2007.
On July 26, 2007, Ruth Hallman was attacked in her Genessee neighborhood home and later died at the hospital. On August 7, 36 year old Deborah Cooke was found in Hunter Park. On August 9, the body of Debra Renfors was found in an Old Town apartment.
It nearly three weeks until another murder happened, the body of 64 year old Sandra Eichorn was found by her son in her home. It was August 27. The next day, Linda Jackson survived an attack on Jones Street, thanks to her dog, who chased off her assailant.
It was that night, according to Macon's attorney, that police arrested him around 10pm.
The next day, August 29, the body of Karen Delgado-Yates was found in a home on Hickory Street.
Although Macon is a suspect in all of the attacks, he is currently on trial only for the murders of Sandra Eichorn and Karen Delgado-Yates and the attack on Linda Jackson. There's no word if or when prosecutors will move against him in the cases.