PORTLAND, Ore. -- The trial in a gruesome pair of murders continued Friday in Portland.

At the outset, the prosecutor warned Multnomah County jurors that the trial of accused double murderer Frank Hudson would include many gruesome details -- "the stuff of horror movies."

In his opening statement, Deputy District Attorney Patrick Callahan told jurors that Francis Weber, a 72-year-old widower, had rented a room at his Portland house to Hudson, but was getting ready to toss him out in November 2006 because he was always late with the rent.

Weber's torso would soon be found off U.S. 26 in Washington County. Next to him lay the bullet-ridden body of his other renter, 64-year-old David Copeland.

Callahan told jurors the evidence overwhelmingly points toward Hudson and will destroy any presumption of innocence.

But defense attorney Steve Lindsey asked the jury not to rush to judgment. He said his client had an alibi and the DNA evidence at the heart of the prosecution's case could have other explanations.

Hudson, 64, was charged with murder, aggravated murder and corpse abuse. If convicted, he could face the death penalty.

A Hillsboro man driving to the Coast Range found the remains of Weber and Copeland. Investigators said Weber was shot three times and his body skinned and dismembered. Copeland was shot six times.

Copeland carried some identification, which led police to the Portland house where the three men lived. Hudson came out of the place wearing bloody pants, and told police he knew nothing about his roommates' disappearance.

Prosecutors showed the jury photos of a 2-inch gash in Hudson's arm, taken at the time of his arrest. Hudson's blood was found throughout the house, along with the blood of his two housemates.

Blood from all three men also was found in Weber's minivan, which contained Weber's limbs and much of his skin.

Lindsey said there are missing links in the prosecution's case, including the lack of a murder weapon and the inability to find where the killer dismembered the bodies. Prosecutors ruled out the house as the site because there wasn't enough blood.

The trial was expected to last six weeks.