Overview
- Jury selection began Monday in Kamloops after a judge moved the trial from Vernon so the accused, who is in custody, could access disclosure materials on his laptop.
- Prosecutors say Tatjana Stefanski’s body was found April 14, 2024 on a forest road and that she suffered multiple stab wounds to her limbs and chest that injured her heart and lungs.
- The Crown told jurors investigators found a bent, bloodied knife near the scene that forensic testing linked to only two people through DNA profiles.
- RCMP officers located the accused’s black Audi on a dirt road with blood on several seats and say a shoeless man later emerged from the woods and told officers he had killed the victim.
- The Crown has begun calling witnesses including the couple’s young son and says it will rely on forensic experts and RCMP testimony over the next two and a half weeks while the defence has not yet presented its case.