SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) -- Jury selection is set to begin in the death-penalty trial of a 27-year-old man accused of beating a Spartanburg County couple to death with a hammer last year.
Andres "Tony" Torres faces charges of murder, armed robbery, burglary, attempting to burn and first-degree criminal sexual conduct.
He is accused of attacking 61-year-old Charles Ray Emery and 59-year-old Mary Ann Emery with a hammer as they slept in their Drayton home in May 2007. Torres is also accused of trying to burn down their house by dousing it with gasoline and turning on the oven before stealing the couple's van, and of raping Mary Ann Emery before killing the couple.
The Herald-Journal of Spartanburg reports that jury selection will begin Monday.
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