The former wife of Polish American professor Przemek Jeziorski, whose murder shocked Greece last year, has died by apparent suicide while being held in pre-trial remand at the Piraeus-area Korydallos Prison.
The 43-year-old woman, a Greek national, who was accused of masterminding her ex-husband’s murder, was found dead Thursday night. According to reports by local media, she appears to have taken her own life, using a bedsheet as a noose to hang herself.
Her death comes nearly a year after the fatal shooting of Poland-born economics professor Przemek Jeziorski in the upscale northeast Athens district of Agia Paraskevi, a case that drew widespread attention in Greece and abroad.
Custody Dispute and Financial Conflict
Jeziorski, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, was killed on July 4, 2025, while visiting Greece to see his two children.
Investigators said the murder took place against the backdrop of a bitter dispute between the former spouses over child custody and financial matters related to businesses they had established together in the United States.
According to the investigation, tensions between the pair had intensified following their divorce, which authorities described as particularly contentious.
The Alleged Murder Plot
Prosecutors alleged that the woman enlisted the help of her 35-year-old partner, who in turn recruited several accomplices to carry out the attack.
According to court documents, the plan initially involved finding individuals willing to intimidate or assault the professor. Investigators later concluded that the scheme evolved into a plot to kill him.
Authorities said the woman’s partner ultimately recruited three foreign nationals who helped facilitate the crime. Two Albanian nationals allegedly rented and operated the vehicle used during the attack, while a Bulgarian man was accused of supplying the murder weapon and assisting with planning.
On the day of the killing, prosecutors say the gunman ambushed Przemek Jeziorski outside the home of his former wife on Irinis Street in Agia Paraskevi. Dressed in black and wearing a mask, he allegedly approached the professor and shot him at close range before fleeing in a waiting vehicle.
Investigators later traced the suspects through surveillance footage and evidence linked to a rental car used during the operation.
Confessions and Denials
The woman’s partner and the three other foreign nationals were arrested in connection with the case reportedly confessed to their involvement and described their respective roles to investigators.
The victim’s former wife, however, consistently denied any involvement in planning the murder and maintained her innocence throughout the proceedings.
All five suspects were being held in pre-trial detention pending trial.
