Jury Selection Begins Today in Wayland Murder Trial

A courtroom at Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn will today see a host of potential jurors for the trial of Nathaniel Fujita, the man accused of brutally killing his ex-girlfriend and fellow Wayland High School Class of 2011 graduate Lauren Astley.

Fujita's lawyer, William Sullivan, has preemptively filed the paperwork for a possible change of venue should the defense and prosecution be unable to seat a panel of jurors given the substantial press this case receives since Astley's murder on July 3, 2011.

Patch will be covering the trial, much as we have as the legal process has unfolded throughout the past 19 months since Fujita's arrest. Below is a brief recap of the process that has brought the case to this point.

- Wayland Man Arrest and Charged with Murder of Lauren Astley (July 5, 2011)

- Nathaniel Fujita Charged With Ex-Girlfriend Lauren Astley's Murder (July 5, 2011)

- Wayland Murder Suspect Ordered Held Without Bail (July 5, 2011)

- (Aug. 4, 2011)

- Prosecution: Strength of Case Against Wayland Murder Suspect ‘Formidable’ (July 23, 2011)

- Prosecution’s Timeline of Events in Wayland Murder (Aug. 24, 2011)

- Prosecution Obtains DNA Sample from Wayland Murder Suspect (Nov. 1, 2011)

- (April 24, 2012)

- Fujita Returns to Court for Evidentiary Suppression Hearing (June 11, 2012)

- Trial in Wayland Murder Delayed Until Early Next Year (Aug. 7, 2012)

- Counsel Paves the Way for Insanity Defense in Wayland Murder Case (Sept. 6, 2012)

- Fujita Asks for New Lawyer in Murder Trial (Oct. 1, 2012)

- (Oct. 19, 2012)

- New Trial Date Set in Wayland Murder Case (Nov. 16, 2012)

- (Jan. 28, 2013)

- (Jan. 29, 2013)