Johnston, Iowa man's murder trial beginning

(Photo from WHO-TV)

(DES MOINES, IOWA)  Jury selection is starting in Polk County in the murder trial of a Johnston man, accused of killing his girlfriend.

Abraham Roberts is charged with first degree murder in the April 2016 death of 34-year-old Agnes Yarlee. 

Police were called the Johnston apartment April 15th after neighbors reported fighting and gunshots.

Officers found Yarlee dead at the scene.  Roberts was taken into custody in International Falls, Minnesota when he tried to cross the border the day after the murder.