FAYETTEVILLE — Jury selection is under way in the murder case of former Razorback football player Josh Melton.
Melton's first trial ended in mistrial in July after two jurors were dismissed.
Melton, 33, is charged with second-degree murder in the beating death of Michael Gover, 30, in August 2013.
Gover and Melton were friends, according to multiple accounts. Melton told Fayetteville police the two went drinking at a couple of bars and ended up at Melton's home, 6316 W. Copper Ridge Lane, just south of Wedington Avenue.
A blood-covered Melton was taken to the police station where he was questioned off and on for about eight hours. Melton said the two men were very drunk on beer when they arrived at his home and, after a final shot of rum, he didn't remember anything else until the next day when he found Gover dead.