Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Thunder Bay murder trial underway

The Michael Kelly murder trial is underway in a Thunder Bay courtroom.  The 64 year old Alberta resident is charged in the death last decade of 57 year old JudieThibault of Thunder Bay.  In his opening statement to the jury Crown Attorney Dan Mitchell outlined the prosecution's case.  Mitchell  tells the jury the evidence is largely circumstantial, however he says it will tell the story of an undercover police operation and show that a bullet was removed from Thibault's head after her body was found wrapped in a carpet in the bush near Dorion in 2004.   The opening statement is not considered evidence.