I wanted to be a criminal investigator, but I left the National Security Corps and I was happy I did
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Zdeněk Čepelík was born on 9 May 1956 in Frýdlant, his parents came to the border region together with others to settle the farms vacated by the displaced Germans. Zdeněk Čepelík went to primary school in Pertoltice. During the invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, he watched the tanks and planes arriving. After primary school he went to study locksmithing. His dream job was to become a criminal investigator, so he joined the National Security Corps (NSC) school. As part of his studies, he served as a member of the NSC in various parts of the country, but even graduating with honours did not bring him the desired result of a career as an investigator. He therefore left the National Security Corps. He began his compulsory military service with six months of training in Frýdek-Místek. He then served his military service in Prague and Kladno with the Military Services. He met his future wife, who came from Huť, on his way to school on the train from Frýdlant to Liberec. After their marriage they had three sons of their own and took four more children into foster care. He worked at the quarry in Krásný Les, where he worked as a quarrymen leader. During his employment he graduated from the evening secondary technical school. After the Velvet Revolution, he became production manager at the stone quarry in Čerčany. He worked at the Krásný Les stone quarry, which was eventually bought by the Dobet company, for two more years while already being retired. In 2023 he was living in Krásný Les.
