A jury has been seated for the trial of a woman charged with being an accomplice to capital murder and kidnapping in the December 2012 death of Ronnie Lee Bradley outside Prairie Grove.
Heather Carlene Swain, 36, faces life in prison if convicted on the murder charge and 10 to 40 years or life on the kidnapping charge. Swain faces an additional charge of tampering with evidence and, if convicted, faces up to six years and a fine of up to $10,000.
Washington County prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty in Swain’s case.
Bradley, 48, was severely beaten. His body was found the morning of Dec. 27, 2012, in the driveway of 17409 Four Corners Road, near the intersection of Greasy Valley Road in rural southwest Washington County.
Two co-conspirators avoided the death penalty by pleading guilty in the case.
The jury consists of eight men and five women. The alternate juror is a woman.