Jury Selection Begins In Goudeau Trial<P>No Trial Date Set Yet For Murder Charges

KPHO News ^ | july 16th, 2007 | DancesWithCats

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Jury selection began Monday and opening statements are expected Thursday in the trial of Mark Goudeau, a 42-year-old former construction worker accused of being the Baseline Killer.

Superior Court Judge Andrew Klein asked the first group of 14 prospective jurors whether they recognized Goudeau's name or face. Goudeau was in the courtroom at the time. All but one said no.

For months last year, Phoenix residents were on the lookout for the man in the fisherman's hat. They watched for the pencil-thin mustache, the dreadlocks, the cold black eyes.His face, as shown in a police sketch based on descriptions by those who survived his attacks, became the enduring image of an unprecedented summer of terror during which numerous serial predators roamed Phoenix streets. People were killed and assaulted during separate crime sprees attributed to the Baseline Killer and the Serial Shooters.

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Last summer, Phoenix had three serial killers randomly killing people (and animals) and it was horrible. Justice looms for all three of the captured men now and our city is anxious for closure! Animals ...

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