A longer-than-usual jury selection process Tuesday, forced opening statements in the trial of an Oakland man charged with the murder of a rural Cass County woman, to be pushed back to today (Wednesday). The Daily NonPareil reports a little more than 100 potential jurors from east Pottawattamie County arrived for jury selection Tuesday, initially filling out a questionnaire.

The Pottawattamie County Attorney’s Office estimated more than half knew about the case against 63-year old Robert A. Reynolds, which led to one-on-one interviews between the potential jurors and attorneys for the defense and prosecution as the two sides worked to pare down the list to a panel of 12 jurors and two alternates. Reynolds is charged with first-degree murder for his alleged role in the shooting death of 64-year-old Patricia Kinkade-Dorsey on April 8th at Reynolds’ home in Oakland.