Crime & Safety
Jury Selection Expected to Start This Week as Philip Chism Trial Gets Underway
Jury selection is scheduled to begin Wednesday in Essex Superior Court in Salem.
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The murder trial for Philip Chism, who is now 16, is set for Oct. 7 in Salem Superior Court, according to Carrie Kimball-Monahan, a spokeswoman for Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett. Jury selection is set to begin this week in the trial of a teenager accused of raping and killing his math teacher in 2013.
Chism, who was a 14-year-old student at Danvers High School in 2013, is accused of killing 24-year-old Colleen Ritzer of Andover, a popular math teacher at Danvers High School. on Oct. 22, 2013.
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She had been raped and her throat had been slit with a box cutter.
In June, Chism asked for a change in venue for his murder trial. Meanwhile this summer, Defense Lawyer For Philip Chism Refuses to Comply With Judge’s Order
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