The convicted killer of Bill Cosby's son has withdrawn his appeal and confessed that he murdered Ennis Cosby, an act which he called "great wickedness" in a letter to authorities that was released Friday.
California Attorney General Bill Lockyer and Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley announced the development after Mikhail Markhasev and his lawyer filed a notice in appeals court that they were abandoning efforts to reverse Markhasev's conviction.
In a letter to Deputy Attorney General Kyle Brodie, the 22-year-old Markhasev apologized to the victim's family.
"Although my appeal is in its beginning stages, I don't want to continue with it because it's based on falsehood and deceit," said Markhasev's hand-written letter. "I am guilty and I want to do the right thing."
Markhasev added, "More than anything I want to apologize to the victim's family. It is my duty as a Christian and it's the least I can do after the great wickedness for which I'm responsible. This is way overdue and although my apology is too late, it's still the right thing to do."
Ennis Cosby, 27, a graduate student at Columbia University, was home on vacation when he was shot to death while fixing a flat tire near a freeway offramp in January 1997.
Markhasev, a Ukrainian-born immigrant, was convicted of the shooting in which Cosby was a target of opportunity. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole.<
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