Alexander Pichushkin, a Russian serial killer imprisoned for life in 2007 for eliminating 48 individuals, has actually stated he is all set to admit to 11 more murders, Russia’s chastening service stated on Saturday.
Pichushkin, now 50 years old, targeted his victims, frequently homeless individuals, alcoholics and the senior, around Bitsevsky Park, a big green location in southern Moscow. His killings lasted from 1992 to 2006.
He was nicknamed “the chessboard killer” by the Russian media due to the fact that he informed investigators in a confession that he had actually wished to put a coin on every square of a 64-square chessboard for each of his victims.
Pichushkin has actually been held at the Polar Owl jail, in Russia’s remote Arctic north, because being sentenced.
Admitting to more murders
In a declaration released on the Telegram messenger app on Saturday, Russia’s chastening service stated that Pichushkin had actually informed detectives he was all set to admit to 11 more murders of males and females.
Pichushkin has actually long been presumed of extra murders to those for which he was founded guilty.
He declared throughout his trial to have actually eliminated 63 individuals, however district attorneys just charged him with 48 murders and 3 tried murders.
If founded guilty of the extra murders, it would make Pichushkin Russia’s 2nd most respected serial killer on record, behind Mikhail Popkov, a previous cop founded guilty of 78 murders.
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