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Man Broke Into College Professor’s Home, Stabbed Her 5 Times
A Colorado man will be spending the rest of his life in prison after he broke into a University of Colorado at Colorado Springs professor’s home when she was getting ready for bed and fatally stabbed her five times.
Ceasar Wilson was sentenced to serve 224 years in prison on Wednesday, May 6, for killing University of Colorado Colorado Springs Professor Haleh Abghari at her Colorado Springs home.
Prosecutors said during closing arguments of his February trial that Wilson, 54, snuck into Abghari’s home through her open garage on the night of August 7, 2024, with the intention to steal from her, according to The Gazette.
However, his plan changed when he found Abghari in her bathroom. Wilson stabbed the professor five times as she fought back, per the outlet.
It is not currently clear why he targeted Abghari.
After the killing, Wilson stole Abghari’s credit card and her car. He then went on a “shopping spree,” El Paso County Senior Deputy District Attorney Brien Cecil told the jury.
When police reported to the home, they found a bloody palm print on the bathroom counter and were able to link Wilson to the crime through DNA evidence found underneath Abghari’s fingernails.
Wilson was eventually arrested on August 23, 2024, after he stole another vehicle while trying to flee law enforcement. Prosecutors said that he injured a person while attempting to evade arrest, adding that authorities did not know at the time that he was suspected of killing Abghari.
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Seven months after his arrest, Wilson was charged in connection to Abghari’s murder. Following his trial, he was found guilty in February of second-degree murder, crime of violence sentence enhancers, aggravated robbery, motor vehicle theft and identity theft.
“The violence perpetrated by the defendant against Haleh Abghari, an innocent woman alone in her own home, deserved the harsh sentence issued today in court,” El Paso County DA Michael J. Allen said in a statement following Wilson’s sentencing hearing, per The Gazette.
Allen added that “Abghari’s death was a devastating loss for her family, the UCCS Community she helped shape for over a decade and the entire 4th Judicial District.”
“We are grateful to see a just outcome in this case, and to our partners at the Colorado Springs Police Department and the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs for seeing this process through, from start to end,” he concluded.
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