CENTREVILLE, Mich. (AP) — Jury selection will continue in the trial of the parents of a Michigan girl who was chained to her bed when she died in a house fire.

Anthony and Marsha Springer are charged in St. Joseph County Circuit Court with first-degree child abuse, torture and felony murder in connection with Calista Springer's Feb. 27, 2008 death.

The 16-year-old died during a fire in the family's home, where fire investigators found her chained to her bed. The teen's father has said she had special needs and the tethering was necessary to keep her from leaving her bedroom and the house at night.

The Kalamazoo Gazette reports a faulty vacuum sweeper was cited as the cause of the fire.

Jury selection started Tuesday and is to resume Wednesday. The trial may take three weeks.