CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Opening statements are expected to begin Friday in the trial of Michael Madison, who is accused of killing three women in 2013.

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty will present a 12-member jury with a framework of how authorities believe Madison is guilty of the three killings.

Madison, who faces the death penalty if convicted, is being defended by attorneys John Greene, Christine Julian and David Grant, who are also expected to make opening remarks.

Police found the bodies of 38-year-old Angela Deskins, 28-year-old Shetisha Sheeley and 18-year-old Shirellda Helen Terry in July 2013.

One of the bodies was found rotting and wrapped in duct tape inside a garage next to Madison's East Cleveland apartment. A second was found in a nearby field. The third was found in the basement of a vacant home.

Madison was arrested and charged a short time later. He pleaded not guilty to 14 counts including aggravated murder and kidnapping in August, 2013.

The start of the trial was delayed for years by various legal issues. Most recently, Madison was required to undergo a psychological exam at McGinty's request, an order that defense attorneys unsuccessfully appealed all the way to the Ohio Supreme Court.

Defense attorneys for Madison had previously made an unsuccessful attempt to have McGinty's office thrown off of the case.

The trial is expected to reveal details about how police believe Madison captured the women and how he kept the bodies police said were partially decomposed at the time they were found.

Details could also be presented on how prosecutors believe Madison mutilated the corpses.

Jury selection took more than two weeks. The jury was picked from an abnormally large pool of jurors -- 75 in all -- due to the potential for conflicts in the high-profile case.

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