Jury selection began Monday morning in the trial of the east Cobb engineer accused of killing businessman Russell “Rusty” Sneiderman, 36, outside a Dunwoody day-care facility.
Prosecution and defense attorneys began culling from a pool of 250 jurors for the trial, which is expected to take four to six weeks. Opening statements are scheduled for a week from Tuesday
Sneiderman's widow, Andrea, who appears on both the state and defense witness lists, was present in court Monday for the first time. Members of her late husband's family, including his parents, Don and Marilyn Sneiderman, and older brother, Steve, flew in from Ohio and say they plan to be in court for the duration of the trial.
Hemy Neuman, 49, has, through his attorneys, acknowledged shooting Sneiderman outside Dunwoody Prep on Nov. 18, 2010. He changed his initial plea of not guilty to not guilty by reason of insanity in September; defense lawyers say Neuman could not differentiate between right and wrong at the time of the slaying. CHRISTIAN BOONE
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The family of a 7-year-old girl who was slain is accusing managers of her apartment complex of failing to properly check the background of a maintenance man who later confessed to killing her.
Jorelys Rivera's mother, Joselinne, filed the lawsuit recently in Fulton County State Court.
The lawsuit maintains that Ryan Brunn was retained as a maintenance man despite residents' complaints about him lingering at the complex playground watching children.
The management company for the complex, McCormack Baron Salazar, did not immediately return messages left Monday morning seeking comment on the lawsuit.
Brunn later admitted to molesting and killing Jorelys. Authorities said Brunn used his sweat shirt to hang himself Jan. 19, just two days after he began a life sentence for the crimes. ALEXIS STEVENS
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Advance in-person voting for Georgia’s March 6 presidential primary began Monday and ends March 2.
Early voting varies by county, but state law requires that early voting polling sites be open on Saturday, Feb. 25.
Voters can use the voter education website at www.sos.ga.gov/mvp to find polling places, maps and more information, or they can contact their county registrar’s office.
Voters must have one of these to vote: a Georgia driver’s license, even if expired; a valid state or federal government-issued photo ID, including free ones issued by county registrars or the state Department of Driver Services; or a U.S. passport, an employee photo ID from any federal, state or local government, a U.S. military photo ID or a tribal photo ID.
More information can be found by calling toll-free 877-725-9797. CHRISTOPHER QUINN
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