CHAMBERS COUNTY, Texas – As the high-profile murder trial of Sarah Hartsfield begins in Chambers County, Sheriff Brian Hawthorne shared some new insight into how the case unfolded and what to expect in the weeks ahead.

“This is probably one of the more interesting cases,” Hawthorne said Monday during an interview with KPRC 2 News while jurors were on a lunch break. “It has a lot of medical aspects to it. So it’s a very technical case. It has taken a lot of creativity and ingenuity on the detectives and the deputies’ part to put this murder together.”

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Hartsfield is charged with murder in the 2023 death of her husband, Joseph Hartsfield, who died from complications of toxic insulin exposure. Prosecutors allege she delayed cal

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