12-person jury seated in Caronna trial

After a day and half of jury selection, 12 people have been seated and are prepared to hear testimony in the four-year-old murder case of Joe Caronna, who allegedly killed his wife in October 2008.

Four alternates were selected.

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He is on trial for the October 2008 disappearance and murder of his wife, Tina Caronna. She vanished four years ago on Oct. 25, 2008. Her body was found two days later in an SUV Bartlett. Her hands and mouth were duct-taped.

A Shelby County medical examiner ruled the cause of Ms. Caronna's death as asphyxiation.

At the end of a five-month-long investigation, the 48-year old husband was wanted for her murder.

Prosecutors allege Caronna cashed a $30,000 annuity check made out to his wife just days after she was found murdered.

Police say in March 2009 Joe Caronna fled the city. In a highly-publicized search three weeks later, he was found at a Jackson, Tenn., motel.

Ms. Caronna's family and friends say it's finally time for the former insurance salesman to pay up for her loss by going to prison for the rest of his life.

Joe Caronna's attorneys say their client insists he did not kill his wife, but prosecutors point to Caronna's secret life.

Prosecutors say he killed his wife to keep her from discovering his financial fraud against clients, gambling losses, forgeries, and an affair.

Opening statements will take place in Memphis at 9 a.m.