Jury selection has begun in the high-profile murder trial of Sarah Hartsfield, the Texas woman accused of killing her fifth husband with insulin.

The proceedings mark the latest chapter in a case that has gripped Texas as the 50-year-old faces accusations that she murdered her husband, Joseph Hartsfield, in January 2023.

Hartsfield pleaded not guilty.

According to a grand jury indictment, filed in February 2023, prosecutors allege she “intentionally and knowingly cause[d] the death of an individual, namely Joseph Hartsfield, by a manner and means unknown to the grand jury.”

Joseph’s obituary says he died in a hospital “due to complications of an ischemic stroke, with his loving wife at his side.”

Hartsfield is currently in custody at the Chambers County Jail in Texas and is held on

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