The trial is underway for a man accused of murdering his estranged wife nearly four decades ago in Washington County.
A 12-person jury trial is scheduled March 18 through April 11 as prosecutors attempt to crack the cold case that shook the Sherwood and Beaverton areas since 1988.
Robert Elmer Atrops, now 70, was arrested in March 2023 from his Newberg home in connection with the murder of Deborah Lee Atrops. Two years later, his trial began…