Monday, June 15th 2009, 5:05 pm
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TULSA, OK -- Jury selection began on Monday in the trial of Raymond Johnson. He's accused in the gruesome, double murder of a Tulsa mother and her baby daughter.
Johnson is facing two counts of first degree murder in the June 2007 deaths of 24-year-old Brooke Whitaker and seven-month-old Kya.
Police say Johnson told them he hit Brooke with a hammer and then poured gasoline all over her home and set it on fire.
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Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
They'll question 96 potential jurors. It is hoped that a jury will be seated by the end of the week.
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