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Ennis William Cosby (April 15, 1969 – January 16, 1997), the only son of American comedian Bill Cosby, was murdered on January 16, 1997, near Interstate 405 in Los Angeles, California. He was shot in the head by 18-year-old Mikhail Markhasev in a failed robbery attempt.
He claimed that the killer was Mikhail Markhasev, then an 18-year-old who immigrated from Ukraine in 1989. According to Chris, a few days after Ennis’ death, he, Mikhail, and another friend went to a wooded area to look for the murder weapon. At the time, Chris said that Mikhail admitted to shooting a black man.
By Kaleena Fraga | Edited By Adam Farley. Published June 24, 2022. On January 16, 1997, Ennis Cosby pulled his car over to the side of a Los Angeles interstate to change a tire and was brutally gunned down by Mikhail Markhasev during a failed robbery.
February 9, 2001, 5:20 PM. Feb. 9 -- The man convicted of killing Bill Cosby's son has confessed to the murder and withdrawn the rest of his appeals. In a handwritten letter to California Deputy Attorney General Kyle Brodie, Mikhail Markhasev apologized to the Cosby family for the Jan. 16, 1997 slaying of Ennis Cosby.
Ennis Cosby was 27 and a doctoral student in education at Columbia University when he was shot in the head while changing a flat tire alongside a Los Angeles highway in the early morning of...
On January 16, 1997, comedian and TV star Bill Cosby ’s 27-year-old son Ennis Cosby is murdered after he stops to fix a flat tire along California’s Interstate 405 in Los Angeles. The 405,...
LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- The convicted killer of Ennis Cosby, son of entertainer Bill Cosby, has confessed to the murder and asked his attorneys to withdraw his appeal, CNN has confirmed. In a...
