‘You should believe me’: B.C. murder suspect says he is ‘not guilty’ in trial closing
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KAMLOOPS — The man accused of murdering Tatjana Stefanski in rural British Columbia in 2024 told B.C. Supreme Court jury members in Kamloops that they should believe that he’s not guilty.
Vitali Stefanski, who’s accused of second-degree murder in the death of his ex-wife, had previously been represented by a lawyer, but jurors were told last week that he would be representing himself for the rest the trial, including for closing arguments.
Tatjana Stefanski’s body was found with numerous stab wounds off a rural forest service road near Lumby, B.C., in April 2024, and the trial heard that a bent and bloodied knife found nearby had the DNA of both Tatjana and Vitali Stefanski.
Vitali Stefanski testified during the trial in his defence, saying his ex-wife stabbed herself in his car and he denied dumping her body, instead saying she slipped from his grasp by the road and fell down an embankment.
