Warning: The following article contains graphic details involving murder and sexual assault.
The trial for accused Susie Zhao murderer Jeffery Bernard Morris, 62, got underway on Monday, Oct. 3, revealing additional details in the disturbing case that has captivated the poker community.
Morris stands trial in Michigan’s Oakland County Circuit Court for the July 2020 murder of Zhao, a poker player who had moved to Michigan to live with family during the COVID-19 pandemic. Police discovered Zhao's badly burned and mutilated body in a state recreation area and later charged and arrested Morris, a convicted sex offender with a violent criminal history who prosecutors allege sexually assaulted Zhao and burned her alive.