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Jury selected in Van Diest murder trial

Taylor Van Diest.
Taylor Van Diest.

The jury has now been selected for a high-profile murder case involving the death of an Armstrong teenager.

Twenty-eight-year-old Matthew Foerster is on trial for the 2011 Halloween night beating death of Taylor van Diest.

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The 18-year-old was found along the edge of the railway tracks in Armstrong and later died in hospital.

The Cherryville man was charged with first-degree murder about five months after the killing.

Fourteen jurors, including two alternates, will begin hearing the evidence next week.

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