Nearly a decade after the brutal killing of a beloved H-E-B employee, the man accused of her death is once again facing a jury.

R.C. Curtis, whose first trial ended in a mistrial in 2021, is charged with capital murder in the death of 75-year-old Paula Boyd, known to friends and customers as “Paulita.”

Boyd was found dead inside her San Antonio apartment on Oct. 21, 2015, after coworkers requested a welfare check. Prosecutors said Curtis — who was married to Boyd’s granddaughter at the time and had known Boyd since childhood — killed her and stole her credit and debit cards.

During opening statements on Tuesday, prosecutor Daryl Harris told jurors about Boyd’s life and her reputation as a friendly face at the H-E-B on De Zavala and Interstate 10. Firefighters from a nearby station were

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