Site icon KonnieMoments

35-year-old Chicago man, Craig Grzesiakowski charged with first degree murder – killed childhood friend and then fell asleep next to body

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><header id&equals;"ra-headers">&NewLine;<h6 id&equals;"ra-headline"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;140101&semi;"><strong>Chicago man kills childhood friend and then falls asleep next to body&comma; prosecutors say  <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;140101&semi;"><strong>Craig Grzesiakowski&comma; 35&comma; is accused of arrested slaying of Jeffrey Ziolo&comma; 35<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;140101&semi;"><strong>Craig Grzesiakowski was arrested for allegedly killing his childhood friend Jeffrey Ziolo in his home in Des Plaines&comma; Chicago on June 1<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;140101&semi;"><strong>Grzesiakowski killed Ziolo who&&num;8217&semi;d invited invited to his home on May&comma; 31 to listen to some music with friends&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;140101&semi;"><strong>The &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;hothead” knocked his host over a table&comma; stabbing him three times with a screwdiver<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;140101&semi;"><strong>He then stole the victim&&num;8217&semi;s cellphone to prevent access to home security video of the incident<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;140101&semi;"><strong>Charged with first-degree murder and theft<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;140101&semi;"><strong>Bail was set at &dollar;2 million<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;header>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"ra-body-wrap">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module top h">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-figure"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-196325" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;craig-grzesiakowski&period;png" alt&equals;"Craig Grzesiakowski &period;png" width&equals;"544" height&equals;"685" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Alleged killer&colon; Craig Grzesiakowski<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<article id&equals;"ra-body">A Chicago man killed his childhood friend after they argued and then fell asleep next to the victim&comma; Cook County prosecutors said Saturday&period;  Jeffrey Ziolo&comma; a Chicago-area musician and sound engineer who was stabbed to death last week in his Des Plaines home&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He was killed early Thursday in the home on Beau Drive&comma; in Des Plaines&comma; Chicago on Thursday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Craig Grzesiakowski&comma; 35&comma; has been charged with first-degree murder in the Thursday killing of 35-year-old Jeffrey Ziolo&comma; who was found dead by another houseguest&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;chicagotribune&period;com&sol;news&sol;local&sol;breaking&sol;ct-des-plaines-friend-killed-murder-charges-20170603-story&period;html">The Chicago Tribune reported<&sol;a>&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Cook County medical examiner’s office determined Ziolo had died from blunt-force trauma and had three stab wounds&period;He was stabbed to death by a lifelong friend armed with a screwdriver&comma; Police Chief William Kushner said Saturday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Grzesiakowski  allegedly&comma; also stole the victim&&num;8217&semi;s cellphone in an effort to prevent access to home security video&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-196341" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;craig-grzesiakowski3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Craig Grzesiakowski3&period;jpg" width&equals;"606" height&equals;"606" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;Craig Grzesiakowski was arrested for allegedly killing his childhood friend Jeffrey Ziolo<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Ziolo invited Grzesiakowski to his suburban Des Plaines home on Wednesday to listen to some music with friends&period; He warned them Grzesiakowski was a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;hothead” who carried a knife&comma; Cook County Prosecutor Julian Crozier said in court&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Ziolo was a bass player in the heavy metal band Final Dissent and had his own recording studio in his basement&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The band members had been playing music and working in Ziolo&&num;8217&semi;s recording studio Wednesday night and into the following morning&period; Grzesiakowski&comma; whom the rest of the band had never met before&comma; was at the house on Beau Drive listening to their music and hanging out with Ziolo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-196323" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;jeffrey-ziolo1&period;png" alt&equals;"Jeffrey Ziolo1&period;png" width&equals;"721" height&equals;"588" &sol;>Jeffrey &&num;8220&semi;Wookie&&num;8221&semi; Ziolo&comma; a bass player for Chicago-area band Final Dissent<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Band members told police that Ziolo and Grzesiakowski had gotten into a verbal argument during the band practice&comma; but they did not witness anything physical&period; After they left&comma; Grzesiakowski attacked Ziolo&comma; officials said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;One friend told cops he saw Ziolo and Grzesiakowski arguing before going to bed at around 3 a&period;m&period;&comma; the Tribune reported&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Grzesiakowski attempted to clean up and leave the house&comma; but he passed out several times from being too intoxicated&comma; police said&comma; noting large amounts of alcohol had been consumed throughout the night&period;In the morning&comma; another friend found Grzesiakowski passed out with a bottle of bleach next to him and lying next to Ziolo&&num;8217&semi;s body&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Grzesiakowski also stole Ziolo&&num;8217&semi;s money and cellphone&comma; prosecutors said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Authorities also found broken furniture at the scene and collected prescription drugs&comma; a substance suspected to contain cocaine and other physical evidence&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Another person in the house called police&comma; and the suspect was arrested there Thursday&comma; Kushner said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Grzesiakowski was then taken to a hospital&period; Grzesiakowski was treated at Northwest Community Hospital for two superficial cuts on his thigh and remained in police custody throughout the investigation&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He confessed to both Ziolo&&num;8217&semi;s roommate and authorities that he killed Ziolo&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He reportedly told officials that he pushed Ziolo over a table and then stabbed him after they argued&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The suspect who has also been charged with robbery was arraigned Saturday and bail was set at &dollar;2 million&period; His next court date is scheduled for Tuesday&comma; according to records&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Ziolo was a bass player in the heavy metal band Final Dissent and had his own recording studio in his basement&comma; Friends and fellow band members are grieving the loss of Jeffrey Ziolo&comma; described as a dedicated Chicago-area musician and sound engineer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<dl id&equals;"ra-tags">&NewLine;<dt><&sol;dt>&NewLine;<&sol;dl>&NewLine;<&sol;article>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

Exit mobile version