A murder trial began Tuesday for the man accused of killing a Maryland teacher who disappeared two summers ago. Her dismembered body was found days later.

Harold Francis Landon III is charged with the first-degree murder of Mariame Toure Sylla, who taught second grade in Prince George's County Public Schools.

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Opening statements were made Tuesday morning, with prosecutors first presenting a photo of the victim to the jury. Then, they showed a graphic photo of her torso, recovered from the banks of a retention pond in Clinton, Maryland, in the summer of 2023.

State's Attorney Aisha Braveboy is prosecuting the case herself. She asked the jury: Who would do something like this to such a beautiful woman? To answer that ques

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