Michigan ? A man suspected of killing several women in Lansing over several terrifying weeks was ordered Monday to stand trial on murder charges in two of the deaths and assault charges in a third attack.

Matthew Emmanuel Macon will stand trial in the August deaths of Karen Delgado-Yates, 41, and Sandra Eichorn, 64, Ingham County District Judge Patrick Cherry ruled.

Macon also is charged with torturing Delgado-Yates, who died after being found in a vacant home with a fractured skull, brain hemorrhage, a broken nose, several cracked ribs, and cuts and bruises, according to testimony from her autopsy.

Macon also was ordered to stand trial for an attack on a third woman, Linda Chapel Jackson. Her dog charged the attacker, causing him to flee.

Macon, 28, also is suspected in the deaths of Ruth Hallman, 76; Deborah Cooke, 36; and Debra Renfors, 46. Police also want Macon to be charged with the 2004 death of Barbara Jean Tuttle, 45, of Lansing. Tuttle’s body was found in the same house where Renfors’ was later discovered.