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Xhevahir Myftari and Julia Vlashi

Julia Vlashi: Vlashi, 44, succumbed to multiple stab wounds Aug. 27, 2012 and Myftari, now 38, was arrested the following morning after driving her BMW to a Mississauga dealership to have the car cleaned of his blood after cutting himself during the attack. , according to Hamilton Spectator. In agreed statements of facts between Crown and defence, it is acknowledged Myftari took the life of Vlashi, and suffers from schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. The central question is whether he understood the nature of his actions. Accused killer Xhevahir Myftari testified Tuesday that "voices" told him to attack sister-in-law Xhuljeta Julia Vlashi in the Rockwood house where they lived when he stabbed her to death in 2012. He charged with second-degree murder. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.