(Sherwood, OR) -- Jury selection is getting underway this week in the murder trial against a Sherwood man accused of killing his wife over three decades ago. Court records show 68-year-old Robert Atrops is charged with second-degree murder for allegedly strangling his wife Deborah Atrops to death in 1988. Police arrested him last year after Washington County Sheriff's detectives working with the District Attorney's office reopened the case. Working with a grant from the Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA program they developed evidence against Atrops. Robert Atrops was indicted by a grand jury and arrested at his home in Newberg in March of 2023. Opening statements in the trial are expected to begin sometime next week.