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Trial Begins For Man Charged In Slaying, Dismemberment
Jury Selection Begins Monday
POSTED: 10:28 am EDT August 4,
2008
UPDATED: 2:49 pm EDT August 4,
2008
INDIANAPOLIS -- Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of a man who police said admitted killing and dismembering his estranged girlfriend.Police said Joshua Bean, 24, stabbed Heather Norris, 20, and then pulled her body apart, disposing of the remains in as many as 10 plastic bags in Dumpsters on Indianapolis' south side.
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Bean was charged with murder and abuse of a corpse.Prosecutors said they expect it will take at least a day to seat the jury.Norris' remains were never found, but prosecutors insist they have a strong case, in large part because of the confession.Family members described Norris as fun loving, happy and tenacious. She played basketball in high school.
The daughter of a civilian Indianapolis Metro police employee, Norris was reported missing on April 24, 2007, less than two weeks after investigators surmised that she was killed.Police said Norris and Bean had a three-year relationship that was marked by several domestic violence calls to police.Bean was arrested in May 2007.
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Previous Stories:
- July 8, 2007: Slain Woman Remembered As Vivacious, Tenacious
- June 1, 2007: Prosecutor Considers Death Penalty In Norris Slaying
- May 29, 2007: Police Search For Dismembered Woman's Remains
- May 29, 2007: Indy Police Release Gruesome Details Of Woman's Death
- May 27, 2007: Police: Man Admits Killing Missing Indy Woman
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