THE TRIAL OF JOHN MCCLUSKEY IS UNDERWAY IN FEDERAL COURT IN ALBUQUERQUE. OPENING STATEMENTS BEGAN MONDAY WITH PROSECUTOR GREG FOURAT TELLING JURORS THAT MCCLUSKEY KILLED GARY AND LINDA HAAS OF OKLAHOMA IN 2010 AFTER CARJACKING THE COUPLE AS THEY WERE DRIVING THROUGH NEW MEXICO.
MCCLUSKEY HAD ESCAPED FROM AN ARIZONA PRISON AND WAS IN NEW MEXICO WITH A FELLOW ESCAPEE AND AN ACCOMPLICE AT THE TIME OF THE MURDERS. THE OTHER TWO HAVE PLEADED GUILTY IN THE CASE AND ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE THE STAND DURING MCCLUSKEY'S TRIAL.
