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The lawyer of a man who has admitted raping and killing the acclaimed American scientist Suzanne Eaton while she attended a conference on Crete says the crime has left locals struggling with feelings of guilt and shame.

Almost three weeks after the body of the 59-year-old California biologist was found in a cave, people on Crete remain profoundly shocked, the attorney Pantelis Zellios told the Guardian.

“There is a huge sense of guilt and shame,” said Zellios. The manner of Eaton’s death, the way in which her corpse was discovered dumped, fractured and wounded at the bottom of a ventilation shaft, had been devastating for the nation of proud islanders, he said. “Across Crete many feel a sense of responsibility … so much so I keep having to remind them that in every society there are individuals who are good, and individuals who are bad.”

Yiannis Paraskakis, a 27-year-old carpenter, confessed to randomly singling out Eaton – a prominent developmental biologist with the Max Planck institute in Dresden – as she enjoyed a jog along a country road not far from the Orthodox Academy of Crete where the international conference she was enrolled to speak at was taking place.

Yiannis Paraskakis is escorted by police on Crete. Photograph: Reuters Driving a white sedan – subsequently picked up by road cameras in the area – he admitted ramming into the American twice with the intention of incapacitating her and abducting her. A dedicated athlete and accomplished musician, Eaton had a black belt in taekwondo but appears to have been overwhelmed after falling to the ground when the vehicle hit her.

“Both before the investigating magistrate and to me he said repeatedly he was motivated by the desire to have sex,” said Zellios of the father of two, who until a month ago worked in a carpentry store before unexpectedly announcing he was quitting.

“It seems Eaton was hit in the head by the vehicle’s metal fender and likely concussed when he put her in the trunk of the car although investigations are still under way.”

A Greek court has sentenced a man to life in jail for raping and killing an American scientist on the island of Crete in 2019.

Suzanne Eaton, 60, a molecular biologist at the Max Planck Institute in Dresden, Germany, was found dead in a disused military bunker in July of last year, around a week after she went missing after going out for a jog.

A 28-year-old man from Crete, identified as Ioannis Paraskakis, initially told Greek police he had killed Eaton. He later said his confession was made under duress and that his involvement in her disappearance was an accident.

A court in the town of Chania sentenced Paraskakis to life imprisonment for manslaughter, 13 years for rape and four months for the possession of firearms, the semi-official Athens News Agency reported.

Eaton had been in Crete for a science conference.

The accused was charged with knocking her down with his car, then dragging her to another area where he raped her.

Eaton’s colleagues raised the alarm on the day of her disappearance, triggering a massive search. It is believed she died on the day of her disappearance, on 2 July 2019.

Four more women have reportedly been assaulted by the man who raped and killed US biologist Suzanne Eaton on the island of Crete beginning of July.

According to Sunday newspaper Real News, four more attacks against women were added to the case opened by Chania Security Directory, increasing the total number of assault committed by 27-year-old Giannis Paraskakis to seven, excluding the Eaton case.

All seven women have recognized Paraskakis’ car after police published the pictures.

The victims told police that how they were hit by the car and the way they managed to escape a further assault at the last moment.

The man had admitted to police that he would hit women he liked with his car.

Initially police had complaints and evidence of similar cases by three women, two foreigners living in the area and a Greek.

The 27-year-old is in custody in the prison of Tripolis, Peloponnese, awaiting a psychiatric examination as ordered by the prosecutor.

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