She said she rented a home from a Berkeley professor. But he’d been dead for months
Sitting at the dining room table of a roughly $1 million Berkeley home, Hannah Catone insisted she had every right to be there.
Hannah Catone claims she rented a Berkeley home after responding to a Craigslist ad, but the property belonged to UC Berkeley professor Przemyslaw “PJ” Jeziorski, who was murdered months prior in Greece. His estate and children are now in a legal standoff with Catone, who faces accusations of identity theft and previous squatting incidents, while police consider it a civil matter.
- Hannah Catone claims she rented a Berkeley home from a professor, Przemyslaw “PJ” Jeziorski, via a Craigslist ad.
- Jeziorski was murdered in Greece months before Catone claims to have rented the property.
- Jeziorski’s estate and children are in a legal dispute with Catone over the home, accusing her of squatting.
- Catone has prior accusations of identity theft and previous eviction from a hotel for unpaid rent.
- Police have declined to intervene, stating the dispute must be resolved in civil court.
- The emails Catone provided as proof of rental were questioned for authenticity and coherence.
- Jeziorski’s ex-wife, accused of orchestrating his murder, died by suicide in a Greek jail.
- Neighbors have reported unusual activity at the house, including yard sales of items that may belong to Jeziorski’s estate.
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