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Jury seated for 2nd Iowa murder trial of man

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March 31st, 2015 by Ric Hanson

BOONE, Iowa (AP) — Attorneys delivered their opening statements today (Tuesday) and testimony is underway in the second Iowa trial of a man accused of killing his former roommate in 2009. The Messenger reports a Boone County jury was seated Monday for the trial of 55-year-old John Green. Green is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 58-year-old Mark Koster in Sac City.

Green’s first trial was held in Webster County because his attorney had argued that pretrial publicity would make it impossible for Green to receive a fair trial in Sac City. The same argument was used against holding the second trial in Fort Dodge. The first trial ended in a mistrial.

Koster was declared missing in 2010. His remains were found in the basement of his Sac City home in 2012.