Shocking details are emerging nationwide regarding the murder case murder of Eleni Papadopoulou, widow of former PASOK minister Yannis Papadopoulos, in Kolonaki in 2022. Her 60-year-old son was arrested without resistance at his home in Agios Stefanos on Friday morning (26.12.25), accused of killing her for purely financial motives inside her apartment.
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For years he maintained that her death was accidental, claiming his mother died from a fire caused by a lit cigarette. The case was thoroughly investigated by Angeliki Nikolouli and the show “Light in the Tunnel“, which gradually revealed evidence surrounding the death of 87-year-old Eleni Papadopoulou, identifying her son as the main suspect. From the beginning, there were credible suspicions about the circumstances under which Eleni Papadopoulou died.
Eleni Papadopoulou: Found charred on a sofa inside her Kolonaki apartment
The elderly woman was found charred on a sofa inside her Kolonaki apartment. Notably, one of the firefighters during extinguishing detected the smell of gasoline in the building’s stairwell from the 1st to the 3rd floor, right outside the victim’s apartment. Subsequently, according to the Criminal Investigation Department, gasoline traces were found, while no flammable material was discovered inside the apartment. In contrast, a gasoline canister was found at her son’s house.
He did not attend his mother’s funeral in Alexandroupoli
According to information, toxicological analyses showed the presence of sedative substances, although no corresponding medication had been administered or prescribed, while carbon monoxide was absent from her blood. This element strengthens the conclusion that the woman had already lost her life before the fire broke out. Additionally, it became known that he did not attend his mother’s funeral in Alexandroupoli, citing Covid illness, and has never visited the cemetery where the 87-year-old is buried since then.
The evidence began to focus on the son, who told relatives and friends that the Fire Department had concluded in its report that his mother was charred by a lit cigarette, while in conversations with Angeliki Nikolouli he even spoke of spontaneous combustion.
Neighbors said the only conflicts the 87-year-old had were with her son. As became known, he had massive debts and had already sold some of the family’s properties, while his goal was to sell the house in Kolonaki, but his mother disagreed.
