JURY SELECTION IS EXPECTED TO GET UNDERWAY THIS MORNING IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT FOR A MAN ACCUSED OF RAPING A WOMAN JUST THREE WEEKS BEFORE SHE DIED. JIMMY STAPLETON IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED RAPE AND FOUR COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT OF 23 YEAR OLD CHRISTA HART IN 2002. HART’S BODY WAS FOUND IN THE SOUTH HOLSTON LAKE JUST THREE WEEKS AFTER THE ALLEGED INCIDENT. PROSECUTORS ARE BRINGING THE CASE TO TRIAL WITHOUT THE LIVE TESTIMONY OF THE ALLEGED VICTIM. MEANWHILE, 45 YEAR OLD CHARLES STILTNER OF BRISTOL VIRGINIA IS CHARGED IN WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN THE DEATH OF HART. HER BODY WAS FOUND IN AN AREA LAKE. THE MOTIVE FOR THE CRIME IS UNKNOWN. STILTNER WILL GO TO TRIAL IN VIRGINIA AT A LATER DATE.