BATESVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Opening arguments are set Tuesday in the retrial of a man accused of killing a Mississippi woman by setting her on fire.
FILE – In this Oct. 16, 2017 photo, Quinton Tellis sits during his trial in Batesville, Miss. A second trial is set to begin Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018 on charges that Tellis set Jessica Chambers on fire, leading to her death. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, Pool, File)
Jurors were selected Monday in a county more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) from where Quinton Tellis is accused of killing Jessica Chambers in 2014.
Tellis’ 2017 trial on capital murder charges ended in a hung jury.
This trial could last a week. Prosecutors say cellphone locations, video, DNA on a keychain and Tellis’ statements link him to Chambers’ death. A new witness may testify she picked up Tellis that night near where Chambers was burned.
The defense emphasizes multiple emergency workers heard the dying Chambers say someone named “Eric” or “Derek” attacked her.
Tellis faces another murder indictment in 2015’s death of Meing-Chen Hsiao in Monroe, Louisiana.
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