Radik Tagirov

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Radik Tagirov
Borncirca. 1982
Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
NationalitySoviet, Russian
Citizenship Soviet Union (1982-1991)
 Russia (1991-)
OccupationLocksmith
Years active2011-2012
ChildrenTwo
MotiveAcquiring resources to survive on the streets
Criminal chargeMurder
Details
Victims26-32
State(s)Tatarstan, Ulyanovsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Udmurtia, Perm, Samara, Bashkortostan
Date apprehended
December 1, 2020

Radik Tagirov (born c. 1982) is a Russian serial killer, previously dubbed the Volga Maniac,[1][2] who committed a series of murders against elderly women in and around the region of Tatarstan between 2011 and 2012.

Life prior to murders[]

Radik Tagirov was born in the then Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, which later became the Russian republic known as Tatarstan after the collapse of the Soviet Union. After reaching adulthood, Tagirov pursued a locksmithing career in Tartarstan's capital city of Kazan. In 2009, after being convicted on petty theft charges, he spent the next four years as a vagrant who wandered from place to place looking for means to survive on the street and subsidize his addiction to the synthetic cannabinoids.

Murders[]

From March 2011 to September 2012, in the Volga and Ural Federal Districts, a number of very similar murders of elderly women occurred. Investigators believe that all crimes were committed by one person, as all victims were single women aged 75 to 90 years old, each living in a Khrushchyovka. According to investigators, the perpetrator infiltrated the apartment, pretending to be an employee of a utilities company[1] or the social service. All victims were strangled with improvised items (for example, a bathroom robe belt) or the murderer's own hands.[1] After the murders, the criminal would steal money and valuables from the apartment. The investigators initially believed that robbery was not a prime motivation for the killer.

The first nine murders took place in Kazan. One of the victims survived, but, being blind, could not describe her attacker.[1] Similar murders took place in Ulyanovsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Izhevsk, Perm (two murders in April 2012) and Samara (two murders in April–May 2012). By August 1, 2012, there were eighteen murders.[3] Between September 25 and 27, 2012, the last three murders were committed in Ufa.[4] The total number of murders is 32.[5]

On September 26, 2012, the alleged perpetrator was captured on a CCTV camera at the entrance of one of his victim's homes. Following this, a facial composite was compiled.[6]

In 2013, a reward of 1 million rubles was promised in return for information beneficial to the investigation. In the same year, a hypothesis was put forward that the killer was hiding in the Sakhalin Oblast.[7]

Investigation into his crimes[]

On the night of October 7, 2016, in Kazan, a man suspected of being the criminal was filmed by a video camera in a building on Chuikov Street, but the Investigative Committee denied he was the perpetrator.

On February 6, 2017, the Deputy Head of the Main Criminalistics Directorate of the Criminal Investigation Service of the Russian Federation, Ivan Streltsov, told reporters that the investigators had reason to believe that the person being sought was a resident of Udmurtia.[8] It was also suggested that the man could be using a list of pensioners. At the same time, the investigators did not exclude that the person might be sought in prisons or colonies[clarification needed], or that he was no longer alive.

According to Stretsov, the reward for information that would help establish the identity of the murderer was increased to 3 million rubles.

On March 28, 2017, a 37-year-old Kazakh native was arrested in Samara on suspicion of involvement in the murders, as he had killed two elderly women there on March 25 and 27, 2017.[9][10][11]

On May 25, 2017, investigators suggested that the offender was a native of Tatarstan and studied in one of Kazan's schools.[12]

Life prior to arrest and apprehension[]

Prior to being arrested by police, Radik lived a somewhat quiet life as a locksmith with two children and a live-in girlfriend.

Arrest[]

On December 1, 2020, ex-convict Radik Tagirov, was detained and confessed to 25 of the murders. DNA evidence and shoe prints were used to identify him as the murderer. He claimed to be killing the victims "painlessly" in order to survive on the streets.[13][1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Russia detains suspected serial killer dubbed the "Volga maniac"". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  2. ^ "Russian man confesses to killing more than 25 women, investigators say". the Guardian. 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  3. ^ "В Поволжье и на Урале ищут маньяка, убивающего пенсионер��к: 18 жертв". NEWSru.com. 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  4. ^ "Жертвами приволжского маньяка-душителя стали уже более 30 старушек". NEWSru.com. 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  5. ^ "В Приволжье разыскивают маньяка, жестоко убившего 32 пенсионерки". TOPNews.RU. 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  6. ^ "Серийный убийца пенсионерок попал на видео в Казани". Новости Татарстана и Казани. 2016-10-14. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  7. ^ ""Приволжского маньяка", убившего больше 30 старушек, ищут на Сахалине за 1 миллион рублей". NEWSru.com. 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  8. ^ "Маньяк, убивший несколько десятков пенсионерок в ряде регионов России, может быть из Удмуртии - СКР". Interfax-Russia.ru. 2017-02-06. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  9. ^ "В Самаре поймали маньяка, убивавшего пенсионерок". Комсомольская правда. 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  10. ^ "Пойманный в Самаре возможный "Поволжский маньяк" разыскивался за убийство в другом городе". ПРО город Самара. 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  11. ^ "Предполагаемый "Поволжский маньяк" остается пока под арестом". КТВ-ЛУЧ. 2017-06-04. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  12. ^ "Учителей Татарстана призвали искать маньяка среди своих выпускников". Вечерняя Казань. 2017-05-25. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  13. ^ "Russian man confesses to killing more than 25 women, investigators say". December 2020.

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