MANKATO, Minn. – After four days of exhaustive winnowing process, a12-jury is in place to hear the case of Adam Favel ofvWijijam and possibly lock him up for life. This much can be said about the complexion of the jury:
> The jury is mostly middle-age. Three are younger. Two are older.
> The jury is white, albeit one juror who is Hispanic. Blue Earth County is 82% white.
> The jury is mostly people with white-collar careers, with three exceptions.
> The jury is mostly people who professed they can be unbiased and faithful to evidence as it is presented,
even though some admitted a passing familiarity with th case
> The jury is mostly college-educated, with three exceptions.
There remain loose ends. Five alternate jurors still need to be selected. Judge Nancy Buytendorp has told attorneys to be prepared for their opening arguments to tyhe jury on Thursday.
Fravel jury profile
> Juror Number 1: A woman business owner, born in Germany, who admitted an interest in crime shows and mystery movies but who said she had no prior knowledge of the Fravel case.
> Juror Number 2: A middle-age grandmother who has reire as a paralegal and who recalled when Maddi Kingsbury went missing, and when her remains were found but who professed not to have formed an opinion on the case.
> Juror Number 3: A middle-age mother who claimed no knowledge of the case and limited knowledge of the justice system.
> Juror Number 4: A retired woman who formerly was a physician’s assistant, who had no prior knowledge of the case but, she noted had worked with victims of domestic violence.
> Juror Number 5: A middle-age single man who works in retail and who had heard briefly about the case on television but not paid much attention.
> Juror Number 6: A young Hispanic man who works as a courier and said he would be fair and impartial.
> 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 8: A middle-age woman, the owner of a small business with her husband.
> Juror Number 9: A middle-age woman, is a nurse, who had heard about the case.
> Juror Number 10: A middle-age man who works as a metal fabricator and who had no knowledge of the case.
>> Juror Number 11: A man in his 30s who is a credit analyst at a bank.
.> Juror Number 12: A young man who works at gas station.