Monroe man shot to death in apartment

ATHENS - A 28-year-old Russian immigrant who had attended the University of Georgia since 1992 has been charged with murder in the shooting of a Monroe real-estate man at her Athens apartment. <br> <br> Police found Terry Wayne Mathis, 51, on a living room sofa dead of a single gunshot wound to the head early Thursday after the woman, Ioulia Zaitseva, called them in hysterics. Officers recovered a .22-caliber derringer they believe was used in the shooting. <br> <br> Family members of Mathis told police the couple had dated off and on for the past seven years. According to university records, Zaitseva was a Spanish language major enrolled this semester and scheduled to attend classes in the summer. <br> <br> ``It happened very quickly,&#39;&#39; said Ted Ozawa, who lives upstairs. ``I heard voices, then pow!&#39;&#39; <br> <br> ``I heard her raise her voice, and I could tell it was an argument. I really didn&#39;t hear him say anything,&#39;&#39; Ozawa said. <br> <br> Zaitseva was held in the Clarke County Jail without bond. <br> <br> This is the first time since 1997 that a Georgia student has been charged with murder. Greg Phillips, a 42-year-old handicapped man working toward a doctoral degree in social work, was charged in the shooting of his wife, Michelle Stephens-Phillips. A jury deadlocked on the case in 1998 and it was never retried.