Matthew Gretz pleaded guilty today to 2nd degree murder. He killed his wife, artist and grad student Kira Simonian. In court on Monday, Gretz said, "I stabbed and intentionally killed my wife."
Gretz beat his wife and then stabbed her several times in her neck and chest.
He faces up to 25 years in prison.
I first wrote about Kira Simonian's murder almost a year ago: "The Murder of Kira Simonian." I didn't say it outright, but I believed he was good for it, and of course, got grief for that -- but that comes with the territory.
Finding out my intuition was correct isn't usually a good thing, though. It wasn't here, because based on some comments received when I first wrote about Kira's murder, some of Matt's friends are no doubt shocked beyond words at his confessing to his wife's murder. It seems like Gretz had nothing in his past that predicted homicidal behavior. His plea doesn't really explain what happened, either, and I admit I'm curious. But at least he came clean, in the end.
Thanks to Eyes for Lies for the tip.
Gretz beat his wife and then stabbed her several times in her neck and chest.
He faces up to 25 years in prison.
I first wrote about Kira Simonian's murder almost a year ago: "The Murder of Kira Simonian." I didn't say it outright, but I believed he was good for it, and of course, got grief for that -- but that comes with the territory.
Finding out my intuition was correct isn't usually a good thing, though. It wasn't here, because based on some comments received when I first wrote about Kira's murder, some of Matt's friends are no doubt shocked beyond words at his confessing to his wife's murder. It seems like Gretz had nothing in his past that predicted homicidal behavior. His plea doesn't really explain what happened, either, and I admit I'm curious. But at least he came clean, in the end.
Thanks to Eyes for Lies for the tip.
