Franco Case Goes to the Jury

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Franco Case Goes to the Jury

By KSFY News

Story Created: Aug 6, 2008 at 12:44 PM CST

Story Updated: Aug 6, 2008 at 10:51 PM CST

Closing arguments have been completed in the trial of Olga Marina Franco del Cid, the woman who has been charged in the Cottonwood bus crash that killed four Lakeview, Minnesota school children last February. 

The jury began deliberating at 2:15pm today.  

Stay with KSFY News and KSFY.com for the latest on this developing story.

24-year-old Olga Franco faces four counts of homicide and 20 more charges related to the crash that killed four children and injured sixteen others.  Franco's attorneys say in their closing statements that she wasn't driving the minivan, instead it was her boyfriend, Francisco S. Mendoza.

Mendoza is believed to be back in his native Mexico. The defense says his running away is a sign of his guilt.  Lyon County Attorney Rick Maes noted in his closing that the accident pinned Franco in the driver's seat and she had to extricated from the van.

KSFY has a crew in Willmar and will bring you the verdict as soon as it is released.


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