Darnell Sterling is on trial for second-degree murder, but his defense attorneys say prosecutors can't even prove that Olga Ooro is dead.
Now, in a trial in D.C. Superior Court, federal prosecutors are hoping to convince jurors that Ooro’s boyfriend, 57-year-old Darnell Sterling, killed Ooro after returning to her apartment that morning. But they have some challenges: They have no one who claims to have seen the crime. No murder weapon was found. No clear crime scene was established. And most challenging, authorities haven’t recovered Ooro’s body.
Along with charging Sterling for second-degree murder, prosecutors also charged him with civil contempt, as a result of failing to adhere to the stay-away order. “He did not stay away from Olga,” Hinson said.Prosecutors are also relying on security-camera footage they recovered from Ooro’s apartment building and across the city and various highways. Prosecutors said they believe Sterling killed Ooro in her apartment.
Blake Lanning, one of the first witnesses prosecutors called to testify, told the jury that on the evening of July 18, he left his apartment to take out the trash. When he returned, he said, “the little boy” walked up to him and asked him, “Do you know where my mommy is?”
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