The murder trial of an Ottumwa woman began Wednesday (3/4).  Kelsi Thomas is accused of strangling her five-year-old daughter, Cloe Chandler, in July 2018. In opening arguments, Wapello County Attorney Reuben Neff told the jury that Thomas admitted to police that she had killed her daughter.  Public Defender Alan Cook said he would provide evidence that Thomas’ confession was coerced…and he would also show that the state medical examiner’s conclusion that Cloe’s death was murder was incorrect.