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Landlord Murder Trial Begins
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Monique Lee is accused of strangling Karen Jenkins with a vacuum cord.

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A murder trial is about to begin for a former tenant of a slain Omaha landlord.

Jury selection is expected to begin Monday for 29-year-old Monique Lee.  She is accused of strangling 48-year-old Karen Jenkins with a vacuum cord in October 2010.

Lee's brother, Gary Lee, has already pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for luring Jenkins. Gary Lee had posed as a prospective renter.

Jenkins' body was found near an abandoned house.