New details have emerged in the murder of a Polish professor, with police alleging it was a meticulously planned ambush orchestrated by the victim’s ex-wife and carried out by her current partner using a rented Porsche and a failed alibi.
Prosecutors have now charged the 43-year-old ex-wife with incitement to murder and her 35-year-old partner with carrying out the killing. All five suspects arrested in the case, including three accomplices, face intentional homicide charges.
According to the police investigation, the killer shot the professor multiple times on July 4 in the Athens suburb of Agia Paraskevi.
Homicide detectives said they cracked the case by tracking a rented Porsche SUV seen on surveillance footage near the crime scene and analyzing digital communications between the suspects.
Police said the main suspect attempted to create an alibi by leaving his personal phone in the city of Nafplio while he secretly traveled to Athens, hidden in an accomplice's car, to carry out the attack. Investigators also allege the ex-wife sent photos of the victim to her partner shortly before the murder to help identify him for the ambush.
One accomplice reportedly told police he was paid to intimidate the victim, while the main suspect confessed, claiming he acted alone for "the good of my children and family," a statement authorities say is contradicted by evidence.