ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Tuesday, October 15, 1996              TAG: 9610150093
SECTION: CURRENT                  PAGE: NRV-1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 

CAPITAL MURDER TRIAL STARTS TODAY

Jury selection for the capital murder trial of Benjamin Lee Lilly begins today in Christiansburg. The 28-year-old Riner man is accused of killing Alexander V. DeFilippis on Dec. 5 after a carjacking at a Blacksburg convenience store.

The Virginia Tech junior's mother says she does not want her son's death paid for with another life, but she does want justice. See today's front page for more details.

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