PRINCETON, Ind. — Jury selection was underway Tuesday morning in the trial of a Gibson County man charged with killing his ex-wife and son in what prosecutors allege was a murder conspiracy.
Michael R. Kegg Jr. stands accused of fatally shooting Malisa Kegg, his estranged former wife, and his son, Michael Kegg III, before setting their two-story brick home ablaze and staging a getaway with help from his new wife, Amanda N. Kegg.
The 53-year-old Decker man has been held without bond in the Gibson County jail since Jan. 1, 2025, when he turned himself in to authorities hours after firefighters discovered the bodies of Malisa Kegg, 51, and Kegg III, 34, inside the burning residence at 7027 E. Indiana 64, near Francisco…