And this — autopsy photos of the dismembered remains of 24-year-old Rigat Ghirmay — was the worst I’ve ever witnessed in decades of covering trials. Because it is no longer routine for such grisly evidence to be paraded in court. One person who didn’t look up at all: Adonay Zekarias, on trial for first-degree murder. Semret had helped Zekarias — they both lived for a time at Sojourn House, a refugee shelter — fill out immigration paperwork. But there was plenty of motive for silencing Ghirmay — a victim, in a final indignity, stripped of all her secrets in court.

Source: thestar October 18, 2017 02:37 UTC