KALAMAZOO (WKZO) –The murder trial of Christopher Oros is underway in Kalamazoo Circuit Court.
He is charged with the death of Marie McMillan who was stabbed 29-times in her Claybourn Court apartment in Kalamazoo last November.
Oros, of Battle Creek had been going from apartment to apartment claiming to have been accidentally locked out and needing money to get to work so he wouldn’t lose his job. It was a scam.
Prosecutors claim after he stabbed McMillan and left, he returned later to rob her and set her apartment on fire to cover up the evidence he had been there.
His girlfriend was there and is expected to testify against Oros.
Oros is an ex-con who is also charged with trying to escape from the Kalamazoo County Jail, but that may be the least serious charge he faces.
