LYNDON, Kan. (AP) – Jury selection is set to begin in Lyndon in what is expected to be a three-week capital murder trial of a former Missouri city official charged with the fatal shootings of his wife, two children and his wife’s grandmother in 2009.

The trial of James Kraig Kahler, of Meriden, starts Monday in Osage County District Court. If convicted, Kahler could receive the death penalty.

The 48-year-old is charged with four counts of capital murder for the shooting deaths on Nov. 28, 2009, in Burlingame. He was the director of the Columbia Mo., water and light before moving to Kansas in 2009.