She is being held in the Jackson County Jail, and she has sent letters to the Mail Tribune newspaper complaining about the food and living conditions.Ĭopyright 2015 The Associated Press. Monica, a welder, has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, abuse of a corpse and identity theft.
If the judge finds any of the questions admissible, her attorneys could repeat them once the jury is brought back in.Ī former resident of the property has said he saw Monica feed dead house pets and livestock to the pigs. The Mail Tribune reports that attorneys are still wrangling over how much of a role she can take in her defense.Ĭourt documents indicate there has been discussion of allowing her to cross-examine witnesses when the jury is out of the courtroom. Prosecutors say both men were shot in the head and dismembered, and that Monica made incriminating statements that were supported by physical evidence. The discovery prompted a search for additional victims investigators dug more than 50 holes but did not find any. A group of friends, while on a Christmas vacation to their family cabin in Southern Oregon, learn of a local rumor of an antisocial woman who allegedly murders people and feeds her victims to pigs. Investigators found the men's remains when they went to Monica's Rogue River ranch in January to investigate the improper use of Haney's food stamp card. Monica was charged in 2012 with killing Robert Haney, 56, and Stephen Frank Delicino, 59. (AP) Jury selection has begun in the trial of a 67-year-old southern Oregon woman accused of killing and dismembering two handymen men who lived at her pig farm.Īttorneys for the defense and prosecution began seating jurors Tuesday in Medford for the trial of Susan Monica of Wimer.