Ola Salem, 25, was found dead in Bloomingdale Park on the borough’s South Shore in 2019.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Opening arguments were heard Monday in the trial of a Staten Island man and former Olympic boxer who is charged in the 2019 strangulation death of his adult daughter.
The defendant, now 57-year-old Kabary Salem, is facing a top count of first-degree murder, in addition to alternative charges of third-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter. The deceased, 25-year-old Ola Salem, was discovered by a passerby in Bloomingdale Park.
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