Kansas City, Mo. ? An accused serial killer charged with eight women’s deaths will face the death penalty if convicted, the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office announced Tuesday.

Terry Blair, 43, has been charged in the deaths of eight women whose bodies were found last year in Kansas City neighborhoods frequented by drug addicts and prostitutes.

Blair is also accused of raping three other women.

Blair has a prior record of murder; he spent 21 years behind bars for killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend.