Nov. 27 marked the one-year anniversary of the slaying of Skyline student Joel Orille, and his suspected murderer is preparing to stand trial.

Orille was stabbed to death early in the morning on Nov. 27, 2005. There were 10-20 people involved in a fight which Orille may have been involved in, or may have been a mere bystander. Several witnesses provided information, but nobody stepped in to prevent the stabbing that led to Orille’s death.

David Frank Dorsagno is supposed to stand trial for the murder of Orille in a few weeks. The trial will be open to the public.

“It’s been long, but we’re lucky to have it [the trial] this early,” said Darwin Bonifacio, Orille’s cousin.

Most trials usually take one and a half to two years after the crime is committed before a public trial is held. Having a trial start just over a year after the crime was committed is rather rare, unless the defendant asks for an expedited trial.

There has been little media coverage of Orille’s murder, and according to Bonifacio, the lawyers aren’t saying much in regards to the trial. Most of the information about the incident will be revealed as the trial progresses.

Bonifacio wants to see that Dorsagno gets the maximum sentence of life in prison, and in a perfect world, everyone that was with Orille the night he died and did nothing to prevent his death would also be on trial with him. However, Bonifacio said that it was important that lots of people show up at the trial to show how much Orille was loved.

“It’s always going to be hard,” said Bonifacio. “I remember every single thing from that day. In my eyes, he [Dorsagno] will always be guilty.”