Jury selection has started in a murder trial in the 19th District Court. The trial is for Richard Tanner Ozment, who is charged in connection with a death that occurred in 2024. The case involves the death of 38-year-old Michaela Brooker from China Spring.

McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara has described the murder as particularly brutal. Further details about the investigation and trial are available through FOX 44.