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A jury has been seated for the capital murder trial of Quinton Tellis, accused of burning Jessica Chambers to death in Panola County, Miss.

The Pike County jury was seated Monday afternoon following a day of questioning that began at 9 a.m. After going home to pack, jurors will be transported more than 200 miles to Batesville, where the trial is expected to begin Tuesday.

Dist. Atty. John Champion, who will lead the prosecution, confirmed selection.

"We're finished," Champion said by text about 4 p.m. Monday.

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He said he wasn't sure what time opening arguments will begin Tuesday.

"Depends on when the jury gets back" for the long drive north, Champion said.

The makeup of the panel is seven men and five women. Jurors are evenly split racially between white and black.

Pike County, in South Mississippi on the Louisiana line, was chosen for the pool because of similar demographics to Panola County. The panel will be sequestered for the duration of the trial, expected to last up two weeks.

Tellis is accused of setting Chambers, 19, on fire after dousing her with gasoline. Chambers was found stumbling from her Kia Rio sedan about 8 p.m. the evening of Dec. 6, 2014, along a rural road near her Courtland home.

Tellis and Chambers grew up together in Courtland. He moved to Monroe, La., after Chambers died, and he is accused of first-degree murder in the death of an exchange student there.