11-08-2013, 02:49 AM
A former policeman has been formally charged
with brutally murdering 24 women in a crime
spree that horrified Siberia for years.
Mikhail Popkov, 49, forced his alleged victims—
whom some say resembled his abusive mother—
to strip naked before killing and sexually abusing
them, according to police. An axe, a knife and a
screwdriver all are among the barbaric weapons
that police contend the dirty ex-cop used to
prey on his victims. In one case, he allegedly
ripped out a woman's heart.
Police suspect Popkov was actually involved in
the murders of 29 women, aged 19 to 40, the
Siberian Times reports, but had enough
evidence to charge him in only two dozen of the
murders on Oct. 31.
The married, father of one’s reign of terror
spanned from 1994 to at least 2000, according
to a police timeline. However Popkov wasn’t
arrested until June, 2012.
Described by his relatives as a 'perfect husband
and father', Popkov was born in 1964 and
worked as a policeman before becoming a
security guard for Angarsk Oil and Chemical
Company.
More: http://
www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/06/ex-
policeman-murders-24-_n_4228295.html
with brutally murdering 24 women in a crime
spree that horrified Siberia for years.
Mikhail Popkov, 49, forced his alleged victims—
whom some say resembled his abusive mother—
to strip naked before killing and sexually abusing
them, according to police. An axe, a knife and a
screwdriver all are among the barbaric weapons
that police contend the dirty ex-cop used to
prey on his victims. In one case, he allegedly
ripped out a woman's heart.
Police suspect Popkov was actually involved in
the murders of 29 women, aged 19 to 40, the
Siberian Times reports, but had enough
evidence to charge him in only two dozen of the
murders on Oct. 31.
The married, father of one’s reign of terror
spanned from 1994 to at least 2000, according
to a police timeline. However Popkov wasn’t
arrested until June, 2012.
Described by his relatives as a 'perfect husband
and father', Popkov was born in 1964 and
worked as a policeman before becoming a
security guard for Angarsk Oil and Chemical
Company.
More: http://
www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/06/ex-
policeman-murders-24-_n_4228295.html
