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Jurors Ready To Hear Onstott Murder Trial

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: August 13, 2008

TAMPA - After two days of jury selection, 12 people have been chosen to hear the trial of David Lee Onstott, charged with murder in the 2005 slaying of 13-year-old Sarah Michelle Lunde.

Opening statements are expected to begin this morning.

On April 9, 2005, Sarah returned from a church trip and briefly spoke with her older brother and a friend of his. The brother and friend then went out for food. Two days later, Sarah's body was found in a muddy pond.

Investigators focused on Onstott, a sometimes boyfriend of Sarah's mother. Sarah's brother told authorities Onstott was at their home the night she disappeared. Although prosecutors are expected to tell jurors about statements Onstott made to a jail deputy and to his former wife, they have no physical evidence linking Onstott to the slaying.

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