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TORONTO — Police in Toronto say human remains found Wednesday in the area of a west-end trail have been identified as the skull and bones of a 28-year-old victim of a 2013 homicide.

Investigators say additional forensic testing and a ground search will be conducted on Friday in the area where Rigat Ghirmay’s remains were located.

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Remains found on May 24, 2013, near another trail were also identified as those of the Toronto woman.

Adonay Zekarias of Toronto was charged with first-degree murder in Ghirmay’s death on Sept. 30, 2013, and that charge is expected to go to court next year.

Zekarias was convicted of first-degree murder for killing 55-year-old Mighisti Semret in 2012.

He was sentenced last June to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.

Court heard during trial that Semret was walking home after an overnight shift at a busy downtown hotel in October 2012 when she was attacked in a laneway by a man who stabbed her seven times.