BY JESSICA PARKS
A Sheepshead Bay man
who slaughtered a renowned
New School College psychology
professor after breaking
into his Brooklyn home in
May 2018 has been sentenced
to 22 years to life in prison,
the Brooklyn District Attorney’s
Offi ce announced last
week.
“This defendant broke
into the victim’s home and
when confronted, senselessly
stabbed him to death,” said
Brooklyn District Attorney
Eric Gonzalez in a statement.
“Hopefully, today’s sentence
brings a measure of solace to
his heartbroken family. The
defendant has now been held
accountable for his actions.”
Jeremy Safran, a Canadian
born clinical psychologist,
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was found dead by police
in the basement of his Flatbush
home on the evening of
May 7, 2018, after his wife had
called 911. He had fi ve stab
wounds.
The 32-year-old defendant,
Mirzo Atadzhanov, was found
hiding in a basement closet after
he broke into the Stafford
Place home, according to the
Brooklyn DA’s offi ce, where it
is believed Safran confronted
the burglar before being bludgeoned.
Atadzhanov — a professional
chess player and biology
teacher, according to his
LinkedIn profi le — pled guilty
for fi rst-degree murder in November
2018, after being indicted
that June on charges of
burglary and murder.
The knife that killed Safran
Police search the home of Jeremy Safran, who was found with head and body trauma inside his Stratford Road
home in May 2018. Nearly four years later, his killer has been sentenced. File photo by Mark Mellone
was later found in the
trunk of Atadzhanov’s car,
which he reportedly made a
run back to before police arrived.
The DA’s offi ce also
told Brooklyn Paper in 2018
that the defendant followed
Safran’s daughter to the front
door, spoke to her, then left,
prior to the fatal stabbing.
The DA’s offi ce did not reveal
Atadzhanov’s motive
for murdering the professor,
and news outlets have published
confl icting reports.
While some outlets have reported
that he may have been
a student in Safran’s class,
others reported that he was
randomly asked to do some
electrical work in Safran’s
home.
Brooklyn Supreme Court
Justice Danny Chin handed
down Atadzhanov’s sentencing
on March 3, nearly four
years after the murder.
JUSTICE
Sheepshead Bay man
sentenced for grisly murder
of professor in 2018
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