BATON ROUGE - Accused killer Earl Lee Johnson is facing life in prison for a murder that he streamed on social media. Opening statements began on Wednesday at the 19th Judicial District Court, after two and a half days of jury selection .

The district attorney's office started laying out its case against Earl Lee Johnson by showing multiple pictures of the crime scene, along with two videos that were posted by Johnson the day of the murder.

Prosecutors argue Earl Lee Johnson was aware of what he did to Janice David. Her sister Rebecca David was the first to take the stand. Answering questions from the prosecution about Janice's relationship with Johnson. She testified she didn't know the two were in a relationship, or even knew about Johnson.

According to the state, Johnson and

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