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Trial begins for man accused of burning girlfriend to death

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Camari Bookter (Source: EBRSO) Camari Bookter (Source: EBRSO)
Kasey Ann Eakels (Source: EBRSO) Kasey Ann Eakels (Source: EBRSO)
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) -

Jury selection is underway for the murder trial of Camari Bookter, a man accused of killing his girlfriend in 2010.

Bookter has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Kasey Ann Eakels, whose burned body was found in a field off LA 141 near St. Gabriel in June of 2010. 

He has also been charged with felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile for allegedly having sex with a 13-year-old girl he allegedly met on a social networking site.

This trial has been through a long series of legal delays.

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