The trial of Vitali Stefanski, who is charged with second-degree murder in the death of his ex-wife, is scheduled to begin in Kamloops, B.C., today.
Forty-four-year-old Tatjana Stefanski was last seen on April 13, 2024, at a property in the village of Lumby, about 25 kilometres east of Vernon in the B.C. Interior.
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Mounties said she had been reported abducted and her body was found by officers in a rural area outside town the next day.
Police said at the time that a man believed to be involved in the death “was arrested in the general vicinity,” but the suspect was freed with conditions.
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Vitali Stefanski, who had two children with his ex-wife, was charged with second-degree murder on May 31, 2024.
The BC Prosecution Service says the jury trial is expected to last about five weeks.
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