Woman had defensive wounds on her hands, pathologist tells B.C. murder trial

A forensic pathologist told a B.C. Supreme Court trial that the body of a woman killed in April 2024 had multiple wounds on her hands, consistent with “defensive-type” injuries common when someone tries to ward off a sharp object.

Dr. Eric Bol told the jury in the second-degree murder trial of Vitali Stefanski in Kamloops, B.C., that Tatjana Stefanski’s body had seven stab wounds to her chest, and 14 “sharp-force injuries” to her arms and legs in addition to the injuries to her hands.