Jury in slain student trial visit crime scenes

? Jurors in the capital murder trial of a man charged with abducting and killing a Cowley College student traveled Tuesday to sites connected with the case and heard from witnesses who testified the man had stalked them.

Justin Thurber, 25, of Arkansas City, is accused of kidnapping, raping and strangling 19-year-old Jodi Sanderholm in January 2007. Thurber could be sentenced to death if the jury in Cowley County District Court convicts him of capital murder.

Prosecutors wanted the jury to get a first-hand look at the Kaw Wildlife area where Sanderholm’s battered body was discovered several days after her Jan. 5 disappearance. They had also seen pictures of nearby Cowley State Fishing Lake, where her car was found submerged.

In the courtroom earlier Tuesday, prosecutors called three women who bore a resemblance to Sanderholm to testify about being stalked and harassed by Thurber.