The summer months of 2007 were heavy with fear for the city of Lansing, as woman after woman-- mothers, daughters, friends-- a total of five women were found brutally killed in a matter of five weeks.

A sixth woman was viciously attacked but somehow survived.

It sent the city into frenzy of concern as police hunted for a man they called a "serial killer."

After weeks of unease, Lansing police were proud to announce they'd caught the man they considered responsible for all the crimes.

That man turned out to be 28-year-old Matthew Macon-- a parolee who'd been out of prison just a few weeks.

Now, Macon will stand trial for two of the five murders he's suspected of: 64-year-old Sandra Eichorn and 41-year-old Karen Delgado-Yates.

He also faces assault charges.

At this point, Macon is also suspected in two other murders from years past. Police think he killed LCC professor Carolyn Kronenberg in 2005, for which another man had been serving a life sentence. Police also think he killed Barbara Jean Tuttle in 2004 in the same home as another one of the women was killed in 2007.

Macon's family tells us they're in touch with him. They write letters to him at the Ingham County Jail. They say he doesn't say much about the trial-- only that he wishes it were already over.

But so too likely do the families who are waiting for justice, whatever it may be.

The trial is set to begin Wednesday with jury selection and is supposed to last just a couple of weeks. It was originally set to begin Monday.