( CNN ) -- An Ohio man accused of killing three women and wrapping their bodies in trash bags in East Cleveland pleaded not guilty in the case Wednesday , the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court said . Michael Madison , 35 , pleaded not guilty to 14 counts in the deaths of Angela Deskins , 38 , Shetisha Sheeley , 28 , and Shirellda Terry . The first pretrial hearing is set for August 6 . Madison is being held with bail set at $ 6 million . The three bodies were found near Madison 's East Cleveland apartment -- at different sites within a few blocks from one another -- on July 19 and 20 , police said . More questions than answers in Cleveland 's run on high-profile crime . The indictment charges Madison with two counts of murder for each woman : one alleging murder and the other alleging murder while kidnapping . He 's also charged with three counts of kidnapping , three counts of gross abuse of a body , one count of rape , and one count of having a firearm despite being a convicted felon . Madison is a registered sex offender , having been convicted of attempted rape in 2002 . New charges accuse suspect of rape . A grand jury indicted him on the 14 counts Tuesday . When his bail was set on July 22 , Madison had been charged only with three counts of aggravated murder and three counts of kidnapping . The bodies were discovered after someone noticed a foul odor coming from a garage he leased , police said . One body was found in the garage ; another was found in the basement of an empty home ; and another was discovered in a field , police said . The decomposed bodies were wrapped similarly in plastic garbage bags and taped up , authorities said . Madison was arrested after a standoff at his mother 's Cleveland house . Outcry over Cleveland 's missing women . CNN 's Anna Coren , Michael Pearson , Jason Hanna and Emily Smith contributed to this report .
A young man charged with murder , kidnapping in deaths of three people . They were found in separate locations near his home this month , wrapped in trash bags . First pretrial hearing set for May 6 .