Jury selection begins in city teen's murder trial

Tristan Wolusky

DOVER, N.H. - Jury selection got under way Wednesday in the trial of a Rochester man accused of killing a Madbury teen in June of last year.

Tristan Wolusky, 19, of Lowell Street, faces first degree murder charges and life without parole in the stabbing death of Aaron Wilkinson, 18.

Prosecutors say Wolusky, along with co-conspirators Zachary "D.J." Pinette, 19, of Springvale, Maine, and Michael Tatum, 22, of Barrington, N.H., drove to Wilkinson's home June 21 with the intent to rob him of drugs and money.

It is alleged Wolusky lured him out of his home, then tackled him to the ground after which the trio stabbed Wilkinson to death with a knife and a machete.

Later that day it is alleged they dumped his body on Long Swamp Road in Lebanon.

Wolusky faces charges of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, falsifying physical evidence, two counts of hindering apprehension or prosecution, two counts of conspiracy to commit robbery, two counts of witness tampering and one count of conspiracy to commit witness tampering.

Pinette and Tatum have already pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, conspiracy to commit robbery and falsifying physical evidence, and are expected to testify against Wolusky.

Jury selection is expected to take about two weeks.