Murder in Rafina: ‘Run, I’m Dying’ – The Last Words of a 41-Year-Old Before Being Shot in a Vineyard

“He begged me to run and help him because he was dying,” the wife of the 41-year-old victim told newsit.gr. The man was lured into a deadly rendezvous by three individuals who ambushed and killed him on Tuesday evening (May 20, 2025). The grieving widow emphasized that the murder wasn’t about settling scores but rather a dispute over a highly valuable property. “What happened wasn’t about clearing accounts as some have claimed; it was about real estate. There’s a house in Artemis overlooking the sea valued at two million euros, and this is what the murder was about. We’ve received threats regarding this house, and in the end, they eliminated him for it. They gave me the house to manage through Airbnb, even though it isn’t ours.” According to the widow, the killer was known to both her and her husband. She added that the house was the motive behind the murder since there had been court proceedings related to the property just the day before. “My husband knew the man who killed him for years. He wanted our house from the start. This person was a night owl, but there was someone else pulling the strings who also wanted the house.” She explained further: “The house belongs to an American who asked us to renovate it with his funds when he left. However, a Canadian also got involved, wanting us out. The killer had promised him the house. There was a court hearing on Monday where the American owner won the case, and on Tuesday, they came to remove my husband because the owner wanted us to manage it.” The wife recounted the harrowing moments after receiving the fateful call on Tuesday evening. Her husband’s last words—“Run, I’m dying”—will haunt her forever. “He told me who was hunting him and how he’d been shot in the head. Then he pleaded for me to hurry and help him because he was dying. My husband was killed over a house. When I arrived at the scene, his phone was found kilometers away, and we located him ourselves since his car was also nearby. Seeing him like that was unbearable, incredibly difficult.” She concluded by addressing false claims circulating about her husband’s involvement in drug-related activities: “The hardest part is reading these baseless accusations about my husband being involved in drugs. It’s not true—it was all about a house.”