Melrose murder trial to begin

  • The defense and prosecution in the trial of Mark Wilson Jr., third from left, prepare for jury selection Monday morning.
    The defense and prosecution in the trial of Mark Wilson Jr., third from left, prepare for jury selection Monday morning.
  • Mark Wilson Jr., right, who has been accused of murdering two boys in Melrose in 2020, sits with his defense team Monday morning.
    Mark Wilson Jr., right, who has been accused of murdering two boys in Melrose in 2020, sits with his defense team Monday morning.
Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a Hawthorne man accused of murdering two Melrose boys in 2020. Mark Wilson Jr., 32, faces two counts of first-degree murder, one count of armed burglary…

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