Murder trial set to open for woman accused of husband’s death years after another partner was killed—
The trial of a Texas woman with a grim relationship history is set to begin this week in a courtroom near Houston in connection with allegations that she killed her most recent husband with a fatal dose of insulin.
Jury selection for Sarah Hartsfield, a former U.S. Army sergeant who has been married five times and whose third husband previously accused her of asking her fourth husband to kill his new wife, is scheduled to begin Monday.
SheischargedwithonecountofmurderintheJanuary2023deathofJosephHartsfield,46.Shehaspleadednotguilty.
SarahHartsfield,50,hasadmittedtofatallyshootinganotherromanticpartner—aformerfiancé—inself-defenseinMinnesotain2018.Shewasclearedofwrongdoing,butalocalprosecutorsaidhewasre-examiningthecaseaftershewasindictedonthemurderchargeinJosephHartsfield’sdeath.
Thestatusofthatinquiryisunclear.Theprosecutor,ChadLarson,didnotrespondtoarequestforcomment.
AtthetimeofherindictmentinJosephHartsfield’sdeath,thesheriffoverseeingthecasedescribedS
