adminHouston — A woman attacked her boyfriend in a fit of rage, sat on him after knocking him down and then stabbed him to death with the stiletto heel of her shoe, striking him at least 25 times in the face, a prosecutor told jurors on Monday.
Ana Trujillo’s lawyer, though, said it was she who was attacked, and she defended herself from 59-year-old Alf Stefan Andersson, a native of Sweden who became a US citizen, using the only weapon she had available.
Testimony began on Monday in Trujillo’s murder trial. Prosecutors say she killed Andersson, who was a University of Houston professor and researcher, during an argument at his flat in June. She is currently free on a $100,000 bail.
During opening statements, prosecutor Sarah Mickelson said Trujillo had a history of being angry and aggressive in her contentious on-again, off-again relationship with Andersson.
Mickelson said that earlier in June, Andersson and Trujillo, aged 45, a native of Mexico, had reconciled.
The prosecutor described Andersson as mild-mannered and quiet, and Trujillo as hot-tempered.
On the night of the slaying, the couple was out drinking before they returned to Andersson’s apartment. Mickelson said Trujillo got angry after arriving home and that the two began arguing.
Mickelson told jurors that during the confrontation, Andersson was injured and fell on his back. Trujillo sat on Andersson, preventing him from getting up, and repeatedly struck him in the face and head with her shoe, she said.
The trial was expected to last at least a week. — AP
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