A 25-year-old non-White Ethiopian invader living in Lancaster, PA, has pleaded guilty Tuesday to nearly decapitating his invader girlfriend inside a Lancaster city apartment during an argument over an alleged affair.

Melkamu Garuma pleaded guilty to criminal homicide for the September 2005 slaying of Estegnet A. Beyene, 21. Lancaster County Judge Joseph Madenspacher will decide whether Garuma is guilty of first, second or third degree murder and rape.

 “The defendant nearly decapitated this woman,” the prosecution told Madenspacher. “He cut her ear to ear, slicing through the windpipe and arteries. The only thing that held her head on was the spinal cord.”

Garuma used an Ethiopian translator Tuesday. Several witnesses, who also are Ethiopian immigrants, are scheduled to testify when the trial resumes Monday. They also will use translators. Garuma emigrated to Lancaster from Ethiopia in 2002, Beyene in 2005.

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