BILL DRAPER, Associated Press
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Eight women and nine men have been chosen from a pool of 200 to hear the case of a Missouri white supremacist accused of killing three people at two suburban Kansas City Jewish sites.

Twelve of the 17 Johnson County, Kansas, residents picked Friday will serve as jurors and the other five will be alternates. They won’t know which role they’ll be given until after the capital murder trial has ended.

Frazier Glenn Miller Jr. of Aurora, Missouri, has admitted killing a 69-year-old man, his 14-year-old grandson and a 43-year-old woman in Overland Park, Kansas, on April 13, 2014. The 74-year-old says it was his duty to kill Jewish people because they’re endangering the existence of the white race.

Opening statements are slated to begin Monday morning.

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OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Jury selection is nearly complete in the capital murder trial of a Missouri white supremacist accused of killing three Christians at two Kansas Jewish sites.

Prosecutors and defendant Frazier Glenn Miller Jr. have spent the week trying to cull 17 jurors from a pool of 200 and are expected to be finished on Friday.

The Aurora, Missouri, man has pleaded not guilty but admits killing three people in April 2014.

Miller could face the death penalty if convicted.

His courtroom behavior during the weeklong jury selection process has been more subdued than at earlier hearings in which he frequently interrupted the judge and made disparaging remarks toward members of the court.

He has been warned that any outbursts in front of jurors could result in his removal from the courtroom.