Jury selection underway in trial of police chief accused of destroying evidence in cold case (opens original article in a new tab)

A police chief in Catawba County, North Carolina, is on trial for destroying evidence in a 30-year-old cold case. Jury selection has begun for his trial.

• Police chief Willie Armstrong is accused of destroying evidence in the unsolved murder of 13-year-old Dee Dee Hawkins.
• Armstrong is charged with felony altering, destroying, or stealing evidence.
• Jury selection is currently underway in the trial.