ANAHUAC, Texas - A murder trial begins this week for a Texas woman accused of killing her husband in 2023.

Jury selection began Monday in the trial of Sarah Jean Hartsfield , who is charged in the death of Joseph Hartsfield.

Sarah Hartsfield charged with murder

The backstory:

Joseph Hartsfield died in January 2023. He was Sarah Jean Hartsfield’s fifth husband.

The Chambers County Sheriff’s Office says they were called to a Baytown hospital on the evening of Jan. 7, 2023, about the suspicious illness of an emergency room patient – Joseph. He had been brought in by ambulance from Beach City, where he lived.

According to the sheriff’s office, inconsistencies and other factors discovered during the investigation "made the illness appear more suspicious in nature."

Joseph later died.

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