Accused acquitted of murder in case of Ontario woman found dead in suitcase [Video]

A jury has acquitted a Toronto woman on trial for the second-degree murder of a 41-year-old Caledon, Ont., woman whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase.

After less than a day of deliberating, the jury came back with the not guilty verdict on Tuesday, finding that Carita Jackson did not murder Varsha Gajula sometime between Aug. 21 and Aug. 23, 2021.

On the morning of Aug. 25, 2021, police received a call about a suspicious package located at the rear of a business near Keele Street and Rogers Road in Toronto. When officers opened the suitcase, they found Gajula’s body.

The cause of death: head and neck injuries, including blunt force trauma and multiple stab wounds.

A video canvass led investigators back to 1010 Humber Boulevard South, less than two km from where the suitcase was found.

Video surveillance showed two tenants removing the suitcase two days earlier. They were later …