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Double murder trial to begin Tuesday in Kamloops

(JENNIFER STAHN / iNFOnews.ca)

November 08, 2013 - 3:41 PM

KAMLOOPS - A double murder trial is scheduled to begin in Kamloops on Tuesday.

Jury selection was completed this week in Kamloops Supreme Court, and Roy Fraser will go to trial for two murder charges.

The charges came after two men, Kenneth Yaretz and Damien Marks, were found dead at Knouff Lake.

Fraser has elected trial by judge and jury.

To contact a reporter for this story, email: jwallace@infotelnews.ca, call: (250) 319-7494 or tweet: @jess__wallace.

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