Overview
- Jurors heard accounts from bystanders who described a man walking away calmly as Anita Mukhey collapsed, with a Good Samaritan attempting CPR before she died at 12:22pm.
- Prosecutors say Debella bought a hunting knife online three days earlier, tracked its delivery, and received it at 10:44am on the day of the attack after a different retailer had previously declined a purchase.
- Minutes after the delivery, the defendant allegedly searched for a “killing video,” then later looked up “knife,” “gore video,” and “breaking news,” according to evidence presented in court.
- CCTV allegedly showed the suspect pass and return to the bus stop before the assault, then discard an item in a bin where police later recovered a knife bearing DNA from both Debella and Mukhey.
- Police arrested Debella at 4:46pm after an officer recognized him from CCTV; he asked for a lawyer, made no comment in interview, and is charged with murder and possession of an offensive weapon.