THE NEXT CHAPTER IN THE TRAGIC STORY OF VICTORIA MARTENS STARTS TUESDAY IN ALBUQUERQUE WITH THE VOIR DIRE PROCESS IN SELECTING 12 JURORS. JESSICA KELLEY FACES MURDER CHARGES RELATED TO THE DEATH OF THE 10 YEAR OLD VICTORIA IN AUGUST 2016. RAPE CHARGES AGAINST KELLEY WERE DROPPED LAST FRIDAY DUE TO A LACK OF FORENSIC EVIDENCE.
JURY SELECTION IS TO BEGIN IN THE COURTROOM OF JUDGE CHARLES BROWN. OVER 500 PROSPECTIVE JURORS FROM BERNALILLO COUNTY FILLED-OUT QUESTIONNAIRES REGARDING THE CASE. VICTORIA MARTENS WAS RAPED, MURDERED AND DISMEMBERED IN HER ALBUQUERQUE APARTMENT.
THE VICTIM’S MOTHER AND KELLEY’S COUSIN FABIAN GONZALES WERE ALSO ARRESTED IN THE CASE.
