A Russian serial killer jailed for lifestyles for killing 48 other people has stated he is able to admit to 11 extra murders, in step with the rustic’s jail carrier.
Alexander Pichushkin, now 50 years outdated, centered his sufferers – lots of them homeless, alcoholics or aged – round Bitsevsky Park in Moscow.
His killing spree lasted from 1992 to 2006, and he was once then attempted and jailed in 2007.
Russian media nicknamed him the “chessboard killer” as a result of he instructed detectives he had deliberate to put a coin on each and every sq. of a 64-square chessboard for each and every of his sufferers.
The serial killer has been detained in a far off jail in Russia’s Arctic, the Polar Owl jail, since being sentenced.
Symbol: Pichushkin in a Moscow court docket in October 2007. Pic: Reuters
He has lengthy been suspected of killing extra other people than the 48 for whose murders he has already been convicted.
Now he has instructed investigators he’s ready to admit to 11 additional killings of women and men, Russia’s jail device stated in a observation at the Telegram messenger app on Saturday.
All over his earlier trial, he claimed to have killed 63 other people, however he was once best charged with 48 murders and 3 tried murders.
Must he be convicted of the 11 further murders, he would grow to be Russia’s 2nd maximum prolific serial killer on report.
Mikhail Popkov, a former policeman, was once convicted of 78 murders.
