Kansas City, Mo. ? Accused serial killer Terry Blair is expected to learn his fate next week when the judge hearing the case reaches a verdict.

Jackson County Circuit Judge John R. O’Malley said he should have a decision Thursday about Blair, who is charged with killing six Kansas City women in 2004. Blair’s nonjury trial started last week and resumed Friday after breaking for five days.

Blair agreed to a trial by judge in exchange for prosecutors not seeking the death penalty.

During closing arguments Friday, prosecutors described the 46-year-old Blair as being a cold, calculating killer determined to kill as many women who worked as prostitutes as he could. The victims were strangled, and their bodies were dumped in neighborhoods frequented by prostitutes and drug addicts.

“What we’ve got here is a plan – a plan to kill off these prostitutes, to kill them one by one,” Assistant Prosecutor Michael Hunt said.

Hunt said Blair’s DNA was found on victim Sheliah McKinzie and that prosecutors believe Blair to be the 911 caller who told police where to find the bodies of victims.

“We’ve got a man who decided he’s going to pick on prostitutes,” Hunt said. “He calls them scum. … They’re not scum. I ask that you find justice for these six women.”

Defense attorneys argued that prosecutors can’t prove it was Blair who made the 911 calls. They say the semen found on McKinzie, 38, shows Blair had sex with her, but doesn’t prove he killed her.

Attorney Cynthia Dryden, who gave closing arguments for the defense, said prosecutors have strong evidence showing that a serial killer was at work in Kansas City in 2004.

“What is weak is (the prosecution’s) link to Terry Blair,” Dryden said.