Jury selection is underway in Alabama in connection with the murder of Aniah Blanchard, a 19-year-old Homewood teen found deceased in 2019.
The selection is expected to continue throughout the next several days, ABC 9 reports.
Ibraheem Yazeed, 39, is charged with three counts of capital murder, along with kidnapping and robbery.
As CrimeOnline previously reported, Blanchard, a Southern Union State Community College student and stepdaughter of UFC fighter Walt Harris, vanished from an Auburn convenience store on October 23, 2019.
Around a month later, authorities discovered her remains in Macon County.
Yazeed has pleaded not guilty. According to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, the prosecution is seeking the death penalty.
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[Feature Photo: FILE – Ibraheem Yazeed, center, appears in court for a hearing on the disappearance of college student Aniah Blanchard, on Nov. 20, 2019, in Opelika, Ala. Yazeed, accused of the 2019 kidnapping and killing of the stepdaughter of the UFC fighter Blanchard has pleaded not guilty to all charges in the case, authorities said Monday, March 6, 2023. (Hannah Lester/Opelika-Auburn News via AP, Pool, File)]
