Jury selection has begun in the trial of a Kountze man accused in the 2011 death of a 4-year-old child.
Jason Wade Delacerda, 40, is accused of capital murder in the 2011 death of his girlfriend's daughter Breonna Nichole Loftin.
Both Delacerda and his girlfriend, Amanda Nichole Guidry, 36, were indicted in the death of the child who had burns, bruises, broken ribs and a fractured leg.
More than 100 potential jurors were called to the Hardin County Courthouse Tuesday morning to go through a screening process before being selected for the jury.
The jury pool will be interviewed in a one-on-one basis beginning on February 16,
Trial is tentatively scheduled to begin on Tuesday, February 20, 2017.