Jury starts deliberations in Sudbury murder trial
Warning: This story includes graphic descriptions of a murder scene many will find upsetting. Reader caution strongly is advised.
After three weeks of testimony, a Sudbury jury has begun deliberations in the case of a woman charged with second-degree murder in a gruesome stabbing death in December 2020.
The body of Robert Keskinen was found in his Kathleen Street apartment on Boxing Day 2020. He had been stabbed to death. (Obituary photo)
Felicity Altiman, 43, pleaded not guilty to the fatal stabbing of her 75-year-old neighbour, Robert Keskinen.
She is charged with second-degree murder in the case.
Keskinen was found dead in his Kathleen Street apartment with more than 100 stab wounds, his scrotum cut off and stuffed into his mouth on Boxing Day 2020.
The Crown called witnesses who lived in the same apartment building as both the victim and accused, investigators and a DNA expert.
Altiman's defence attorney Steven Hinkson called no witnesses and offered an alternate theory that his client stole from the dead man but didn't kill him.
The jury began deliberations just before noon Tuesday.
CTVNewsNorthernOntario.ca will continue to follow the story when a verdict is reached.
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