ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – More than a week after the process began, a jury has been selected for a Central Florida man accused of killing his wife and her two children.
Luis Toledo could face the death penalty if he is convicted of killing Yessenia Suarez and her two children, Thalia Otto, 9, and Michael Otto, 8, in Volusia County in October of 2013.
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A judge ordered that Toledo's first-degree murder trial be held in St. Augustine so the court could seat a jury that hadn't been exposed to the media attention surrounding the case in Central Florida.
Jury selection began Oct. 2 and ended Tuesday. The pool began last week with 53 potential jurors and was eventually whittled down to 12 jurors and three alternates.
The jury will be seated at 9 a.m. Wednesday for opening statements. The guilt phase of the trial is expected to last two to three weeks.