CHARLOTTE — Jury selection will begin on Tuesday in the homicide trial surrounding Mary Collins.
She was the young woman who Charlotte-Mecklenburg police says was stabbed more than 100 times, wrapped in plastic and stuffed in a mattress at a NoDa apartment. It happened six years ago.
James Salerno and Lavi Pham were each charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping, among other charges.
On Monday, a judge ruled on multiple pretrial motions. The trial is expected to take about six weeks.
Pham’s defense team plans to argue he was voluntarily intoxicated at the time.
Channel 9 will be there for the trial and bring you updates.
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