Screen Flickering - Going dark at the edges - Then No Power

Macbook Air 13" A1355 2015 Model Arrived......Turned it on.... after a few seconds the screen began intermittent flickering and then shadowing in one corner at a time.... Shut it down, disconnected the battery and reset SMC that way, disconnected then reconnected the LCD connector, reset PRAM, then restarted to the same issue.... shutdown... power up and it is totally dead, no fan spin, zero. Internals look very clean, no signs of previous repair (Is from a friend who said all was working fine beforehand). Just my luck again! What on earth could have happened? @danj and @oldturkey03 to confirm that everything is totaled shot.