Ex-Virginia Tech student’s trial begins in girl’s 2016 death

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors have told jurors that a former Virginia Tech student charged as an accessory in the death of a 13-year-old girl was closely involved in helping a friend plan the killing.
But Natalie Keepers’ lawyers told the jury that Keepers believed that talk of killing the girl was just a fantasy.
The conflicting portrayals of Keepers came Tuesday during opening statements at her trial. Keepers has pleaded not guilty to being an accessory before the fact in