BILLINGS — Jury selection got underway Monday in Yellowstone County District Court surrounding the murder of a Billings woman whose boyfriend is accused of her death.
Gregory Green, 53 years old, was arrested last April in Nevada and brought back to Montana to face charges.
Laura Johnson, 47, was reported missing in September 2018 and police have yet to recover her body.
Green is charged with deliberate homicide in relation to Johnson's death.
According to charging documents, Johnson moved to Billings with Green a couple of months before her disappearance. Her family has said she moved to be with her boyfriend, Green.
In interviews with detectives, Green said Johnson had taken her belongings out of their home and left him. He told investigators he thought she may have moved back to Oregon with her family.
As the week-long trial gets underway, prosecutors plan to hear witness testimony from Billings police officers, a forensics expert, family members of Johnson, and those who worked with her.
Prosecutors say they have surveillance video and photographs that point to Green.
The defense plans to call a blood spatter expert and an addiction specialist and plans to put into question a cell phone ping.
We do not yet know if Green will take the stand.
OCTOBER 2018: Police investigate Laura Johnson's disappearance
