UPDATE (July 11): A jury has been seated the high-profile trial of Michael Robertson, a man accused of killing his girlfriend, Akia Eggleston, who was 22 and eight months pregnant when last seen alive on May 3, 2017.The evidence portion of the trial appears on track for Wednesday. The jury of 12, plus alternates, was selected late Tuesday afternoon. The trial is scheduled to last three to four weeks."We are in it for the long haul," the judge told the jury before delivering instructions and sending the panel home for the day.According to court records and proceedings, the state plans to make its case against Robertson with testimony from some 70 witnesses and a mountain of circumstantial evidence including cellphone data, Google searches and his contradictory statements to police. ORIGINAL STORY (July 10): Jury selection began Monday for the man charged in connection with the killing of his pregnant girlfriend more than five years ago.Michael Robertson, 41, was arrested in Michigan in connection with the killing of the mother of his unborn child, Akia Eggleston, then-Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced in 2022. He pleaded not guilty.Eggleston never showed up to her baby shower in 2017. She was 22, eight months pregnant and a mother to a 2-year-old daughter when she was last seen on May 3, 2017. Her body has never been found.The judge asked the 90 prospective jurors whether they would require the state to produce a body in order to prove murder. No one answered yes.The judge also confirmed that no one in the pool had heard of the case, or the defendant.Prosecutors said Robertson killed Eggleston on May 3, 2017, in Cherry Hill. According to court documents, cellphone data, text messages, photos and internet search history are part of the evidence.Jury selection will continue Tuesday. The judge said he expects lawyers will "fill the box" Tuesday, and the trial will begin with opening statements and presentation of evidence on Wednesday.
BALTIMORE — UPDATE (July 11): A jury has been seated the high-profile trial of Michael Robertson, a man accused of killing his girlfriend, Akia Eggleston, who was 22 and eight months pregnant when last seen alive on May 3, 2017.
The evidence portion of the trial appears on track for Wednesday. The jury of 12, plus alternates, was selected late Tuesday afternoon. The trial is scheduled to last three to four weeks.
"We are in it for the long haul," the judge told the jury before delivering instructions and sending the panel home for the day.
According to court records and proceedings, the state plans to make its case against Robertson with testimony from some 70 witnesses and a mountain of circumstantial evidence including cellphone data, Google searches and his contradictory statements to police.
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ORIGINAL STORY (July 10): Jury selection began Monday for the man charged in connection with the killing of his pregnant girlfriend more than five years ago.
Michael Robertson, 41, was arrested in Michigan in connection with the killing of the mother of his unborn child, Akia Eggleston, then-Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced in 2022. He pleaded not guilty.
Eggleston never showed up to her baby shower in 2017. She was 22, eight months pregnant and a mother to a 2-year-old daughter when she was last seen on May 3, 2017. Her body has never been found.
The judge asked the 90 prospective jurors whether they would require the state to produce a body in order to prove murder. No one answered yes.
The judge also confirmed that no one in the pool had heard of the case, or the defendant.
Prosecutors said Robertson killed Eggleston on May 3, 2017, in Cherry Hill. According to court documents, cellphone data, text messages, photos and internet search history are part of the evidence.
Jury selection will continue Tuesday. The judge said he expects lawyers will "fill the box" Tuesday, and the trial will begin with opening statements and presentation of evidence on Wednesday.
