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(COLORADO SPRINGS) — Ceasar Lorenzo Wilson, the man accused of fatally stabbing University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) professor Haleh Abghari in 2024, has been found guilty after a nearly two-week jury trial, according to court documents.
Officers with the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) originally responded to the 6400 block of Caddy Point, northeast of Tutt Boulevard and North Carefree Circle, just after 7 a.m. on Aug. 7, 2024, on an unknown call for service. When officers and medical personnel arrived, they found Abghari dead from apparent stab wounds.
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UCCS later sent out a message to students and staff confirming the victim was Abghari, a professor who had been with the music program for 10 years.
Wilson was arrested on March 27, 2025, eight months after the fatal stabbing. He entered a not guilty plea on a multitude of charges, including:
- Second degree murder
- Use of a weapon to commit violent crime
- Violent crime resulting in death
- First degree armed burglary
- Aggravated robbery
- Second degree motor vehicle theft
- Identity theft
- Theft of less than $300
- Habitual crime
Wilson was found guilty by an El Paso County jury on Thursday, Feb. 26. He is due in court on the habitual criminal charges on Feb. 27…