Jury selection will begin in early January for the trial of Keith Jordan Lambing, 22, who is accused of raping a child and causing his death.

Jury selection will begin in early January for the trial of a 22-year-old Butler man accused of raping a child and causing his death.

County residents will be summoned for Keith Jordan Lambing's trial after a judge recently decided that the county will aim to find a group of impartial jurors who haven't heard or made a decision about the incident that killed 4-year-old Bentley Thomas Miller.

The defense team for Lambing previously argued that the incident causing Bentley's death at a motel in 2017 was so well known that any jury group drawn from the county would be prejudiced against Lambing, who is being held without bail in Butler County Prison.

This is a breaking news item, read the full article in Thursday's Butler Eagle.