Black/Italian relations hit another snag:
Camara, a native of Senegal, had once worked security at a downtown clothing store where Morelli was a sales clerk, and had maintained a friendship and become infatuated with her, pursuing her to the East Harlem apartment she shared with Vargas.
Prior to pleading guilty in the midst of jury selection last month, the monster had fought rape charges by claiming he’d only had sex with Morelli’s corpse. He also tried to call what prosecutor Evan Krutoy derided as a “witch doctor” to the stand to argue that he was compelled to kill Morelli by a West African curse of unknown origin.
