Officials will decide the next step today in the case of a Harford County man whom police call a suspected serial killer when attorneys set trial dates related to the alleged sexual assaults of six women.

Charles Eugene Burns, 35, was convicted last month of murdering Lillian Abramowicz Phelps by the side of an isolated Havre de Grace farm lane in late May 2006. His sentencing is scheduled for May 29, but attorneys will meet Monday to schedule another trial for his alleged assault of six prostitutes between January and May 2006 Assistant State?s Attorney Mark Nelson said.