MIRAMICHI, N.B. -- Jury selection is underway in northern New Brunswick in the first-degree murder trial of Curtis Wayne Bonnell, who is accused of killing his 16-year-old cousin.
Hilary Bonnell went missing after attending a house party on the Esgenoopetitj First Nation on Sept. 5, 2009.
An exhaustive search was conducted over a large area surrounding the northeastern community.
The girl's body was found two months later, buried in a remote, wooded area near an old firing range.
Curtis Bonnell was charged in December 2009.
Eight weeks have been set aside for the 32-year-old man's trial in the Court of Queen's Bench in Miramichi.
