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May 6, 2008

Trial starting for woman accused of killing nephew, 3

PROVIDENCE -- Opening statements are expected to begin shortly in the conspiracy and murder trial of Katherine Bunnell, the 24-year-old Woonsocket woman accused with her boyfriend of beating to death a 3-year-old foster child in their care.

Bunnell and Gilbert Delestre are being tried separately and are each charged with murder and conspiracy to murder in the death of Thomas J. Wright, who was Bunnell's nephew. They were serving as guardians for Thomas, whose mother was in prison.

Potential jurors were asked by prosecutor Stacey Veroni during the process known as voir dire whether they could remove from their minds any speculation when reaching a verdict.

Bunnell's lawyer, Gerard H. Donley, asked potential jurors whether they could return a fair verdict.

A potential jury of six men and eight women was sworn in after a day of selection before Judge Gilbert V. Indeglia in Providence County Superior Court.

Both Bunnell and Delestre have been held at the Adult Correctional Institutions in Cranston since their arrests.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney, with reports from Journal staff writer John Castellucci

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