PEORIA ( 25News Now ) - A jury of 12 people and three alternate jurors has been selected to hear the trial of Sean Grayson, the former Central Illinois sheriff’s deputy charged with killing Sonya Massey in her Springfield home last year.

What to know about the murder trial

The jurors were chosen from a pool of 100 people called to the Peoria County Courthouse, where the case was moved because of pretrial publicity.

The chosen jurors consist of 10 women and five men, and are predominantly white except Black male.

The first group of prospective jurors consisted of 12 middle-aged adults and older people, most of whom were white, and some of who were married with children. All but one person had heard of the case through media. They clarified that they would remain fair in their verdic

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