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Michel Fortier/Staff Steven Moretto, left, accused of a double murder in San Carlos Park in 2009, speaks with assistant public defender Marisa Boysen before trial proceedings began Tuesday at the Lee County Courthouse. Moretto has been charged with second degree murder in the deaths of Jason Erichowsky, 39, and Janice Bianchi, 70, and burying them in the back yard of a duplex he was renting.

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Michel Fortier/Staff Steven Moretto, left, accused of a double murder in San Carlos Park in 2009, speaks with assistant public defender Marisa Boysen before trial proceedings began Tuesday at the Lee County Courthouse. Moretto has been charged with second degree murder in the deaths of Jason Erichowsky, 39, and Janice Bianchi, 70, and burying them in the back yard of a duplex he was renting.

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  • Michel Fortier/Staff Steven Moretto, left, accused of a double murder in San Carlos Park in 2009, speaks with assistant public defender Marisa Boysen before trial proceedings began Tuesday at the Lee County Courthouse. Moretto has been charged with second degree murder in the deaths of Jason Erichowsky, 39, and Janice Bianchi, 70, and burying them in the back yard of a duplex he was renting.
  • Michel Fortier/Staff Michel Fortier/Staff Members of the prosecution and defense approach the bench of Judge Alane Laboda, top, during the trial of Steven Moretto, far right, accused of a double murder in San Carlos Park in 2009. His trial began today at the Lee County Courthouse after a delay. Moretto has been charged with second degree murder in the deaths of Jason Erichowsky, 39, and Janice Bianchi, 70, and burying them in the back yard of a duplex he was renting.
  • Michel Fortier/Staff Steven Moretto listens to the opening statement of the prosecution in his murder trial Tuesday at in a Lee County courtroom. Moretto is accused of a double murder in San Carlos Park in 2009, and has been charged with second degree murder in the deaths of Jason Erichowsky, 39, and Janice Bianchi, 70. He allegedly buried the victims in the back yard of a duplex he was renting with Bianchi.
  • Michel Fortier/Staff Assistant State Attorney Marie Doerr gives her opening statements Tuesday in the trial of Steven Moretto, accused of a double murder in San Carlos Park in 2009, at the Lee County Courthouse. Moretto has been charged with second degree murder in the deaths of Jason Erichowsky, 39, and Janice Bianchi, 70, and burying them in the back yard of a duplex he was renting along with Bianchi.
  • Michel Fortier/Staff Assistant public defener Marisa Boysen gives an opening statements to jury members Tuesday at the Lee County Courthouse in the trial of Steven Moretto, accused of a double murder in San Carlos Park in 2009. Moretto has been charged with second degree murder in the deaths of Jason Erichowsky, 39, and Janice Bianchi, 70, and burying them in the back yard of a duplex he was renting along with Bianchi.
  • Michel Fortier/Staff Steven Moretto, left, accused of a double murder in San Carlos Park in 2009, speaks with assistant public defender Marisa Boysen before trial proceedings began Tuesday at the Lee County Courthouse. Moretto has been charged with second degree murder in the deaths of Jason Erichowsky, 39, and Janice Bianchi, 70, and burying them in the back yard of a duplex he was renting.
  • Michel Fortier/Staff The trial of Steven Moretto, center, accused of a double murder in San Carlos Park in 2009, began today at the Lee County Courthouse. Moretto has been charged with second degree murder in the deaths of Jason Erichowsky, 39, and Janice Bianchi, 70, and burying them in the back yard of a duplex he was renting.
  • Michel Fortier/Staff Lee County Sheriff's Office crime team specialist Robert Walker carries in several pieces of evidence for the trial of Steven Moretto, accused of a double murder in San Carlos Park in 2009. The trial began today at the Lee County Courthouse. Moretto has been charged with second degree murder in the deaths of Jason Erichowsky, 39, and Janice Bianchi, 70, and burying them in the back yard of a duplex he was renting.
  • Michel Fortier/Staff Assistant State Attorney Marie Doerr, left, shows an evidentiary photo to Brad Eveland, who took the stand Tuesday as the first witness in a Lee County courtroom for the trial of Steven Moretto. Moretto is accused of a double murder in San Carlos Park in 2009 and has been charged with second degree murder in the deaths of Jason Erichowsky, 39, and Janice Bianchi, 70.
  • Michel Fortier/Staff The trial of Steven Moretto exits a Lee County courtroom while waiting for the start of his trial Tuesday. Moretto is accused of a double murder in San Carlos Park in 2009, and has been charged with second degree murder in the deaths of Jason Erichowsky, 39, and Janice Bianchi, 70. Moretto allegedly buried them in the back yard of a duplex he was renting along with Bianchi.
  • Michel Fortier/Staff Steven Moretto, far right, looks at a photo of himself from his arrest in 2009 while listening to testimony in his murder trial Tuesday in a Lee County courtroom. Moretto is accused of a double murder in San Carlos Park in 2009, and has been charged with second degree murder in the deaths of Erichowsky, 39, and Janice Bianchi, 70. He allegedly buried the victims in the back yard of a duplex he was renting with Bianchi.
  • Michel Fortier/Staff The trial of Steven Moretto, center, looks back at family members while taking a seat at the start of his trial Tuesday in a Lee County courtroom. Moretto is accused of a double murder in San Carlos Park in 2009 and has been charged with second degree murder in the deaths of Jason Erichowsky, 39, and Janice Bianchi, 70.
  • Michel Fortier/Staff Steven Moretto, far right, listens to testimony in his murder trial Tuesday in a Lee County courtroom as one of the victim's photos, Jason Erichowsky, is projected onto a sreen. Moretto is accused of a double murder in San Carlos Park in 2009, and has been charged with second degree murder in the deaths of Erichowsky, 39, and Janice Bianchi, 70. He allegedly buried the victims in the back yard of a duplex he was renting with Bianchi.
  • Michel Fortier/Staff Members of the prosecution and defense approach the bench of Judge Alane Laboda, top, during the trial of Steven Moretto, accused of a double murder in San Carlos Park in 2009. His trial began today at the Lee County Courthouse after a delay. Moretto has been charged with second degree murder in the deaths of Jason Erichowsky, 39, and Janice Bianchi, 70, and burying them in the back yard of a duplex he was renting.
  • Michel Fortier/Staff Steven Moretto, left, accused of a double murder in San Carlos Park in 2009, speaks with assistant public defender Marisa Boysen, center, and lead public defender Kathleen Fitzgeorge, right, before trial proceedings began Tuesday at the Lee County Courthouse. Moretto has been charged with second degree murder in the deaths of Jason Erichowsky, 39, and Janice Bianchi, 70, and burying them in the back yard of a duplex he was renting.
  • Michel Fortier/Staff Steven Moretto, left, accused of a double murder in San Carlos Park in 2009, speaks with assistant public defender Marisa Boysen, center, and lead public defender Kathleen Fitzgeorge, right, before trial proceedings began Tuesday at the Lee County Courthouse. Moretto has been charged with second degree murder in the deaths of Jason Erichowsky, 39, and Janice Bianchi, 70, and burying them in the back yard of a duplex he was renting.
  • Michel Fortier/Staff Steven Moretto, center, listens to lead public defender Kathleen Fitzgeorge, left, while waiting for his murder trial to begin with assistant public defender Marisa Boysen, right, in a Lee County courtroom Tuesday. Moretto is accused of a double murder in San Carlos Park in 2009and has been charged with second degree murder in the deaths of Jason Erichowsky, 39, and Janice Bianchi, 70, and burying them in the back yard of a duplex he was renting.
  • Michel Fortier/Staff The prosecution's second witness, Lee County Sheriff's Office crime team specialist Robert Walker, took the stand Tuesday in a Lee County courtroom in trial of Steven Moretto, accused of a double murder in San Carlos Park in 2009. Moretto has been charged with second degree murder in the deaths of Jason Erichowsky, 39, and Janice Bianchi, 70, and burying them in the back yard of a duplex he was renting.

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