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Man suspected of rape & killing spree detained in Russia as he was about to flee abroad Man suspected of rape & killing spree detained in Russia as he prepared to flee abroad
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Police have arrested a man suspected in a series of murders and rapes of women spanning a period of 22 years in the Russian city of Ekaterinburg. The man was about to flee the country, police say.Police have arrested a man suspected in a series of murders and rapes of women spanning a period of 22 years in the Russian city of Ekaterinburg. The man was about to flee the country, police say.
The detained man, born in 1970, was previously indicted on similar charges, the Russian Interior Ministry spokeswoman, Irina Volk, told journalists. He is suspected of carrying out a string of killings and rapes from 1992 to 2014 in different parts of Ekaterinburg. The news was broke Monday by Russian Interior Ministry, which said the suspect is a Ekaterinburg local born in 1970. He is being detained over a string of killings and rapes from 1992 to 2014 in different parts of the city.
Nearly 17,000 people have been questioned over the last eight years of the inquiry, Volk said. Investigators are now trying to establish whether the suspect could have committed other crimes. In order to catch the suspect, nearly 17,000 people were questioned over the last eight years. Investigators are now trying to establish whether the accused could have committed other crimes.
The attacker’s typical approach would be to rob and rape his victims, threatening to murder them, Ekaterinburg investigators said. Most of the attacks took place near road bridges and interchanges.The attacker’s typical approach would be to rob and rape his victims, threatening to murder them, Ekaterinburg investigators said. Most of the attacks took place near road bridges and interchanges.
The first incident investigators could establish dates back to 1992, when a teenage girl was raped. The first incident investigators could establish dates back to 1992, when a teenage girl was raped. It’s not specified how many assaults overall the man is suspected of committing.
The detained was at one point accused of murder, as well as a number of rapes and assaults. He was handed a 15-year jail sentence and was released in 2009. According to preliminary data, the man is unemployed and does not have a fixed address. The detained man was at one point accused of murder, as well as a number of rapes and assaults. He was handed a 15-year jail sentence and was released in 2009. According to preliminary information, the man is unemployed and does not have a fixed address.
It took police a substantial amount of time to find out there was a single person behind the crimes, which initially were investigated separately. Thousands of witnesses, DNA samples and various forensic expertise helped the inquiry to eventually create an identikit of the suspect. It took police a substantial amount of time to establish that there was a single person behind the crimes, which were initially investigated separately. Thousands of witnesses, DNA samples and various forensic analyses helped the inquiry to eventually create an identikit picture of the suspect.