WAUKESHA, WIS. (CBS 58) -- A murder trial in Waukesha County continued Wednesday, with ongoing disgruntled behavior from the defendant.

Sixty-three-year-old Kevin Lychwick is accused of killing his neighbor and hiding the body near their apartment complex, as part of an apparent hit list.

Lychwick is representing himself in the case after firing three attorneys, and he maintains he did not kill 55-year-old Carlos Maldonado two years ago.

Maldonado was reported missing on April 14, 2024. His remains were found six months later, wrapped in a tarp in the woods behind an apartment complex on North and Moorland in Waukesha, where he and Lychwick both lived.

The Waukesha County Medical Examiner determined Maldonado was shot twice, in the face and torso. The medical examiner testified Wednesday, remaining consistent with the determination that Maldonado's death was a homicide.

After Maldonado's body was discovered on October 30, 2024, Detectives reviewed trail camera footage, that they said shows Lychwick walking in the area at night, a few weeks after Maldonado went missing.

Investigators said the video shows Lychwick carrying a garbage bag, a tool, and a gun - returning to the same area several times overnight.

During a search of Lychwick's home, detectives found a handwritten note titled "Operation Slop Shop," which listed Maldonado's name as a "target." Authorities found several other, similar notes, listing a total of six names and personal information.

In Lychwick's car, investigators found materials similar to those that concealed Maldonado's remains, and a pistol matching the bullets used to kill Maldonado.

On Wednesday, prosecutors called a DNA analyst to the stand, who described their process to match DNA on the pistol to Lychwick, which he denied in the form of an objection, to Judge David Maas's dismay.

"This is outrageous. I never saw this gun before. This is not my pistol," Lychwick claimed. "I object to all of this. It's not my pistol and I don't know how my DNA got on there."

"If you want to make a legal objection you can do that, but editorializing or trying to testify will not be allowed," replied Judge Maas.

Lychwick has sparred with the judge each day of the trial so far; telling the court repeatedly that he objects to the proceedings as a whole.

Whenever given the opportunity to speak to the Judge, Lychwick claimed he was ill, not receiving a fair trial, and being "railroaded" by Judge Maas.

"I am unprepared to defend myself, and I am sickly. I should be in a hospital," he said Wednesday morning. "You dragged me here against my will, I am here under duress, and I protest."

The Judge said jail physicians determined repeatedly that Lychwick was healthy enough to withstand trial.

Toward the end of Wednesday's proceedings, the state called investigators to the stand to discuss the trail camera footage.

Again, Lychwick continuously objected to the evidence, responding "so what?" to the witness observations.

The trial will continue on Thursday, and judge Maas expects both parties to rest their case by the end of the day.