MANKATO, Minn. – Jury selection continued slowly and laboriously in the Mankato courtroom where Adam Fravel will be tried for the 2023 Winona murder of Maddi Kingsbury. The jury is now at seven:
Juror Number 7: A young man, a mortgage banker, who has read a few articles about the Kingsbury case but doesn’t feel too knowledge about it.
Juror Number 6: A young Hispanic man who works as a courier and said he would be fair and impartial.
The latest selectoons brought the jury nearer to gender bakance – now four women and three men. Judge Nancy Buytendorp expressed concern about the pace of jury selection. Originally she had hoped to have a full panel of 12 jurors and five alternates by Friday. With that target unlikely to be met, Buytendorp changed opening arguments to October18 – another nine out.The questioning of potential jurors, most whom have been dismissed or excused, has run as long as an hour each.