Jury selection starts in Kimberly Kessler murder trial

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Kessler charged successful decease of Nassau County salon co-worker Joleen Cummings

Jury enactment starts Monday for the Kimberly Kessler execution trial. Kessler is accused of sidesplitting her erstwhile co-worker, Joleen Cummings, successful 2018.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – On Monday, 300 radical volition larn if they are selected arsenic jurors successful the Kimberly Kessler execution trial.

Jury enactment started Monday greeting successful the Nassau County Courthouse successful the execution proceedings for Kessler who is accused of sidesplitting the parent of 3 successful 2018. Cummings was reported missing aft she ne'er showed up to prime up her children connected Mother’s Day. Investigators judge Kessler is the past idiosyncratic to spot Cummings live astatine the Tangles Hair Salon wherever they some worked. Cummings assemblage has ne'er been found.

Watch | LIVE: Jury enactment begins successful execution proceedings for Kimberly Kessler

Attorney Gene Nichols is not affiliated with this lawsuit but anticipates assemblage enactment to instrumentality astatine slightest 1 week.

“The crushed is that we person seen successful different high-profile cases, everybody successful Nassau County is going to cognize this case. Everybody knows thing astir this case,” Nichols said.

Kessler was brought into the courtroom arsenic proceedings began Monday astir 8:30 a.m. but was promptly removed seconds aboriginal aft she yelled “Jordan Beard is Joleen’s cousin.” The outburst, which she has repeated astatine astir each tribunal appearance, is an accusation astir 1 of her defence attorneys that has been proven untrue.

After she was dismissed, imaginable jurors were brought successful 1 by 1 to reply questions from attorneys.

Over the years, the authorities released a slew of evidence, showing humor recovered successful the salon and surveillance of Kessler successful Cummings SUV, without her.

Just past week, Kessler’s attorneys filed a caller question suggesting Cummings could person go convulsive with Kessler aft an statement astir drugs recovered successful Cummings purse successful the salon.

Over the years, the pistillate with 17 aliases, has undergone 3 intelligence competency evaluations. The justice yet ruled her competent to basal trial. One week earlier assemblage selection, the defence requested different intelligence competency evaluation.

“While you usually don’t spot a question this late, it intelligibly predicated connected the information that the defence is having a hard time, if not intolerable clip communicating with their lawsuit and moving with their lawsuit arsenic they spell to trial,” said Nichols.

The justice said Kessler tin enactment successful assemblage selection.