LIVE COVERAGE: Travis Standlee murder trial

Opening statements will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the second murder trial of Travis Standlee, a homeless man already serving 50 years for killing another Cedar Rapids homeless man last year.

Standlee, 45, is charged with first-degree murder in the strangulation death of Sharon Mead, 41, whose body was found Sept. 11, 2015, near Coe College. This trial was moved to Scott County District Court based on pretrial publicity to ensure Standlee receives a fair and impartial jury.

A criminal complaint shows Mead and Raymond Ursino, 56, both were strangled and had 'strikingly similar injuries.' Standlee was convicted in June of second-degree murder in Ursino's death on Sept. 5, 2015.

A Scott County jury was selected late Monday. The trial is expected to wrap up by Friday.

Standlee plans to claim diminished capacity and/or intoxication as a defense, Doug Davis, Standlee's lawyer, said at a previous hearing.