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Jury selection begins in Tanner Cox voluntary manslaughter case

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Tanner Cox appears in court in Idaho Falls on Dec. 1, 2015.

IDAHO FALLS — Jury selection began the morning of Tuesday, Dec. 1, in the case of a man accused of punching a man who fell to the ground and died.

Tanner R. Cox, 22, is charged with voluntary manslaughter in connection to the death of 36‐year‐old Joshua Olzak.

According to investigators, Cox, Olzak and others got into an altercation in the early morning hours of May 9. Cox allegedly punched Olzak one time – knocking him down and causing his head to hit the ground.

Olzak died at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center on May 11.

EastIdahoNews.com has a reporter in the courtroom and will bring you updates as the trial progresses.

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