The murder trial of Patrick Lee Apostol, brother of Grammy Award-winning bluegrass singer and guitarist Billy Strings, started in Denver on June 1, nearly six years after Apostol allegedly shot and killed a local musician.
Jury selection started Monday morning in Denver District Court for the trial of the 48-year-old Apostol, the half-brother of Strings, whose real name is William Lee Apostol. The two share the same father, Billy Apostol, who died in the mid-1990s.
Patrick Lee Apostol was arrested by the Denver Police Department back in November 2023 and charged with the 2020 murder of 34-year-old Zackary Smith. He was also charged with tampering with physical evidence, according to the Denver District Attorney’s Office…