From The Associated Press:
WOBURN, Mass.— A Framingham man is set to go on trial for allegedly beating his wife and 11-year-old stepson to death after becoming frustrated with her involvement in the Mormon church.
Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday in Woburn Superior Court in the double-murder trial of Jeremias Bins. He pleaded not guilty to killing his wife, Carla Souza, and her son, Caique (KYE’-ee-kay), in the family’s home on May 20, 2006.
Bins, a 32-year-old native of Brazil, allegedly used a hammer to kill his wife and son. They died of multiple skull fractures.
Bins allegedly told police that two hours before the beatings he contacted representatives of the local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and voiced his “anger and displeasure” at Souza’s involvement with them.