TRIAL BEGINS SOON IN BELLVILLE FOR MAN ACCUSED OF MURDER NEAR LA GRANGE

  

Jury selection begins tomorrow (Friday) in Bellville in the retrial of Derrick McKenzie, accused of capital murder in Fayette County.

The trial of McKenzie was moved in February from Fayette County to Austin County, after a mistrial was declared on the first day of jury selection.

District Judge Jeff Steinhauser, who presides over Austin and Fayette Counties, declared a mistrial due to pre-trial publicity, and approved a change of venue to Bellville.

McKenzie is charged with the 2013 murder of Sandra Pfeiffer at a home outside La Grange.  McKenzie was 16-years-old at the time.

Opening arguments are scheduled to begin on Monday.

(No mugshot available, man accused was a juvenile when he was arrested)

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