Jury selection began yesterday in the trial of a Pemberton Township woman charged with murdering an alleged cocaine dealer by stabbing him 50 times in a Wrightstown motel.
Ledora Watkins, 18, of Ursinus Court, faces charges of murder and aggravated manslaughter in Burlington County Superior Court in the death of Rafael Carmenate, 51, of Kinsley Road in Pemberton.
Carmenate's body was found on the morning of Sept. 22 in a room at the Royal Motel on Georgetown-Wrightstown Road.
At the time of his death, Carmenate was free on bail after being indicted on charges of possessing and intending to distribute cocaine worth more than $27,000.
