<p>OKLAHOMA CITY — Jury selection continued Tuesday in the death penalty trial of an alleged serial killer accused of kidnapping and killing an Oklahoma woman more than 20 years ago.</p>
<p>William Lewis Reece, 61, faces charges of first-degree murder and kidnapping in the 1997 killing of 19-year-old Tiffany Johnston, who was abducted from a car wash in Bethany, Oklahoma. Her body was found the next day in Canadian County.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2021/05/11/man-accused-being-serial-killer-goes-trial/5027190001/">Oklahoman newspaper reported</a> that District Judge Susan Stallings had potential jurors questioned one at a time, and away from others, about their opinions on the death penalty. Jury selection began Monday.</p>
<p>A Texas Ranger testified during a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/0471cf80b8b14d65886ca3218e10f6d5">preliminary hearing</a> in 2017 that Reece acknowledged killing “the Oklahoma girl" during an interview in March 2016. He’s also suspected of killing a woman and two girls in Texas in 1997.</p>
<p>Johnston, 20-year-old Kelli Cox, 17-year-old Jessica Cain and 12-year-old Laura Smither all disappeared over a four-month period in 1997, after Reece had been released from an Oklahoma prison for previous rape and kidnapping convictions.</p>
