MUSKEGON, Mich. — On June 29, 2014, Rebekah Bletsch was found lying along the side of the road near her Dalton Township home. The 36-year-old mother had been shot three times in the head.
It was nearly two years before police said they had found the man who killed her. Now, finally, Jeffrey Willis will stand trial for her murder.
Jury selection begins this morning and the trial is slated to last 12 days.
The case has been in the public eye since Willis was arrested. To make sure impartial jurors can be found, some 500 people have been called for the jury pool. Usually when a murder is tried in Muskegon County, only 75 potential jurors are called.
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