The husband of the Staten Island woman killed in Turkey isn’t convinced that a homeless man arrested for her killing is the true culprit, according to Turkish media reports.
Steven Sierra raised his concerns to Turkish newspaper Hurriyet that suspect Ziya T.’s detailed confession might have been coerced by police and that he wanted to make sure of the man’s guilt before passing judgment on him as a murderer.
His late wife, Sarai Sierra, 33, ventured solo to Turkey to take photographs before being found dead on Feb. 2 in Istanbul.
Steven Sierra also raised the possibility that the suspect — who told cops he bashed her with a rock after she resisted his advances during a violent half-hour struggle — might simply be seeking publicity or a warm jail cell to sleep in at night.
Sierra said his two sons, ages 9 and 11, still cry each day when they come home from school and don’t find their mother.