Ron Killings
Lakeisha WhiteCHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – A jury of 10 women and four men was selected Monday in Chattanooga to hear a former Rutherford County sheriff's deputy's reckless homicide case.
Ron Killings is accused in the July 2008 traffic death of 11-year-old Lakeisha White.
White, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, was in Murfreesboro visiting her grandmother when she was hit while crossing the street.
Prosecutors have said Killings was traveling more than 70 miles-per-hour at the time of the accident.
He was driving a county-owned car.
Opening statements will begin Tuesday in Murfreesboro.
Killings will be tried separately on charges of evidence tampering and filing a false report.
A family member has said a civil lawsuit in the child's death has been settled out of court.
Previous Stories:
- Oct. 9, 2009: Former detective's reckless homicide trial on hold
- Sept. 23, 2009: Hamilton Co. jurors to hear reckless homicide trial
- June 8, 2009: Former deputy faces Oct. trial date for fatal crash
- Feb. 4, 2009: Grand jury indicts Rutherford Co. deputy involved in fatal crash
- Oct. 25, 2008: Officers mishandled fatal accident investigation, police say
- Aug. 22, 2008: Acting DA in Lakeisha White case talks with News 2
- Aug. 18, 2008: Girl's family asks for new district attorney
- Aug. 11, 2008: Family files wrongful death suit
- July 18, 2008: Girl, 11, dies after being struck by car
