Suzanne Eaton
- Life status
- Confirmed deceased
- Profession
- Biologist
- Also recorded as
- Suzanne Eaton Myers
- Born
- Not recorded
- Age
- Not stated in the sources reached
- Organisations
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, biologist, from 2000
- Works
- None catalogued yet
In plain words
Biologist
Biography
Suzanne Eaton, biologist from Oakland, California, at the Max Planck Institute in Dresden since 2000, is the person whose killing on Crete in July 2019 was the subject of the Rethymno trial reported by ORF and Ta Nea.
Biologist at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, from 2000 (ORF); the 2023 eLife record lists this affiliation and TU Dresden.
Biologist (cell and developmental biology); the 2023 eLife paper on the Drosophila pupal wing lists her as author.
Killed in summer 2019 on Crete, according to the first-instance court finding reported by ORF. No read source gives a separately established day of death. Attributed
Ta Nea (17 October 2024), reporting the appeal prosecutor, dates the killing to 2 July 2019. Attributed
Hikers found her body in a grotto near the village of Maleme (ORF). Attributed
Near Maleme, Crete, Greece (body found in a grotto there). Attributed
A court in Rethymno found it proven that she was killed, and the appeal court upheld a conviction for intentional homicide (as reported by ORF in 2020 and Ta Nea in 2024). Attributed
In October 2020 the court in Rethymno, Crete (first instance) convicted a local man of her killing and sentenced him to life imprisonment, as reported by ORF on 13 October 2020. Attributed
In October 2024 the Mixed Appeal Court on Crete unanimously upheld the conviction for intentional homicide and the life sentence, as reported by Ta Nea on 17 October 2024. Whether a further cassation appeal was filed was not verified. Attributed
Research field: molecular and cell biology, documented for Suzanne Eaton (biologist at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics).
Works
No works catalogued in the approved record yet. Works mentioned in sources appear as attributed statements in the biography.
Timeline
Events and cases
No case file is published for this person. Recorded life events are in the timeline above; a case is opened only with its own evidence and review.
Sources
- Kreta: Lebenslang für Mörder von Max-Planck-Forscherin (opens in a new tab)ORF.at, 2020 · News report · read
- PubMed 38117039 (eLife 2023): Core PCP mutations affect short-time mechanical properties but not tissue morphogenesis in the Drosophila pupal wing (opens in a new tab)PubMed / NCBI · Peer-reviewed publication · partly read
- Σούζαν Ίτον: Ομόφωνα ένοχος ο κατηγορούμενος για την ανθρωποκτονία της βιολόγου – Παραμένουν τα ισόβια (opens in a new tab)Ta Nea, 2024 · News report · read