Day Four: Missionary murder trial

CHESAPEAKE, Va. - Attorneys in the Mormon missionary murder trial are preparing for opening statements in the high profile case.

21-year-old James Boughton of Deep Creek is accused of shooting and killing a 21-year-old missionary from Utah and wounding his partner.

Both the judge and attorneys on both sides have spent three days interviewing citizens to be seated on the jury.  During the long, tedious process the family of the accused killer has been sitting right behind the families of the two missionaries.

James Boughton is charged with the First Degree Murder of one man, the Malicious Wounding of another man, and the Attempted Malicious Wounding of a third man.

Prosecutors say they will prove Boughton is the gunman who attacked all three men.

It happened in Deep Creek January 2, 2006.  A 21-year-old Mormon missionary named Morgan Young from Utah was walking through a neighborhood, trying to spread the teachings of his religion with his fellow missionary Joshua Heidbrink of Colorado, who was 19 years old at the time.

It's possible they unwittingly became witnesses to a crime in progress. 

Police say as the missionaries were walking nearby, a man who lives in the neighborhood was shot at.  Then, the gunman turned on the two missionairies and shot them, killing one of them and injuring the other.

The wounded missionary, Joshua Heidbrink  has been sitting in the courtroom with his parents and will likely be called to the witness stand to testify about what happened.

James Boughton has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

The prosecutor and the defense attorney are expected to deliver their opening statements Monday.