BOCA RATON, Fla. -- A man accused of killing a South Florida nanny was in court Monday to stand trial in the rape of a Coral Springs, Fla., girl in 2003.

A jury was chosen for the trial of Jerry Wiggins. He is accused of raping the 14-year-old months before he allegedly kidnapped, raped and murdered nanny Monica Rivera-Veldizen.

Police said Wiggins was living in the same Coral Springs apartment complex as the girl when the assault took place.

The girl told police she accompanied Wiggins, who she knew as "J" or "Jay," to the apartment of a friend to hang out. She said once she was in the apartment, Wiggins overpowered her and repeatedly sexually assaulted her throughout the night.

Police said the girl called them after she escaped, but she gave them the wrong apartment number. Investigators said Wiggins took off before officers arrived at the apartment

Wiggins was arrested last January in the rape of a Charlotte, N.C., woman. The woman picked Wiggins, whom she knew as "Jay," out of a lineup.

Investigators said DNA from the Charlotte rape matched DNA in the murder of Rivera-Veldizen. She disappeared from a Boca Raton Publix on West Palmetto Park Road Jan. 2, 2004. Her body was found three days later in some bushes a short distance from the home where she was living and working.

The DNA from the North Carolina rape also matched DNA in the rape of the Coral Springs girl.