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Jury selection to begin in Marissa Shephard murder trial

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Jury selection begins in Marissa Shephard murder trial
WATCH: The trial for a woman accused of killing Baylee Wylie, 18, began on Monday with jury selection. Marissa Shephard is charged with first-degree murder and arson in the death. Shelley Steeves has more – Mar 5, 2018

The trial for a woman accused in the brutal killing of an 18-year-old man from Moncton, New Brunswick, is to begin today.

Marissa Shephard is charged with first-degree murder and arson in the death of 18-year-old Baylee Wylie.

READ MORE: Devin Morningstar sentenced to life in prison for Baylee Wylie murder

She earlier waived her right to a preliminary hearing in his death in December 2015.

Wylie was found severely beaten while tied to a chair and stabbed up to 200 times in a burned apartment.

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Shephard was arrested on a Canada-wide warrant on a charge of first-degree murder.

WATCH: Marissa Shephard charged with 1st-degree murder, arson

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Marissa Shephard charged with 1st-degree murder, arson

Nineteen-year-old Devin Morningstar was convicted of first-degree murder and arson in Wylie’s death and is serving a life sentence.

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Nineteen-year-old Tyler Noel pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and arson last year and was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 16 years.

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