Boyfriend of 'murdered' professor's ex-wife makes chilling confession
The boyfriend of a "murdered" professor's ex-wife has made a chilling confession, according to reports.
University of Berkeley professor Przemyslaw Jeziorski, 43, was gunned down as he arrived at his ex-wife's home on July 4 to pick up their two children amid an ongoing custody battle. The business professor was blasted five times in the chest and neck by a masked gunman and was declared dead at the scene shortly afterward.
The suspect, who was reported to be the boyfriend of the professor's wife, was apprehended 12 days later and allegedly told police he planned the killing more than a month before. 'I did it all for [her] and our children so that we could have a normal life without problems,' the unidentified suspect reportedly told Greek police, according to interrogation transcripts obtained by CNN.
'A month and a half ago I made the decision to end this torment we were experiencing once and for all,' he allegedly told police.
'We were afraid that he would end up taking the kids completely. That would completely finish off [my girlfriend], who was overly fond of them,' he added. 'This summer Przemek wanted to take the children and take them to America. But [my girlfriend] did not agree and so she went back to court with Przemek.'
The killing came after Jeziorski won a huge victory in he custody battle, with a judge ruling just the day before the murder that he would be able to have his children for a month. The suspect decided it had been a "good opportunity" to kill Jeziorski when he went o his ex's home in order to pick up the children, he reportedly told police.
"I approached him and shot him a few times, but I don't remember how many times" the suspect reportedly admitted. He is alleged to have bought a gun a month earlier before recruiting three of his friends to help him with the shooting.
The suspect's alleged accomplices, who were also apprehended, claimed they did not know the suspect planned to kill the professor and that they were told to scare and intimidate him. The ex-wife was arrested following the killing with the shooting suspect's attorney told CNN she knew noting about the plan.
They were both afraid Jeziorski's supposed alcoholism was going to put the children in danger if he won custody. The lawyer said: "My client had come to me in the past to seek advice.
"He had said his partner's ex-husband had serious alcoholism issues and that he and the mother were worried about allowing access to the kids. He wanted to see if there was something he could legally do about limiting access."
Jeziorski's family and friends denied any claims he struggled with alcohol, according to CNN. He and his wife married in 2014 but he ultimately filed for divorce in 2021.
The Greek national returned home in 2020 while Jeziorski remained teaching at the California school with the custody battle focusing over where the children would be raised in. She has denied any involved in the killing.
Jeziorski reportedly was fearful of her and her new boyfriend for months, and even requested a restraining order in May with complications that he was scared for his life, according to ABC News. "I am fearful of what she is doing now and what she will attempt to do next as we move forward in this divorce," he said in the request that was denied in a California court.
The children, twins, are under the care of child services in Greece and Jeziorski's brother said he would seek to adopt them.
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