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and went into hiding, first staying with an acquaintance on Nisu Street, whom he repaid by repairing his apartment, using the stolen money to pay off his debts and living expenses. Over the next two years, Neželski avoided capture by constantly changing his hideouts and stealing food from stores in
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on Luise Street, but was met with resistance from the head manager, 31-year-old Jüri. The two men exchanged gunfire, with
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Neželski was born in 1951. In his youth, he was employed on fishing boats and travelled around various seaports, before changing professions to work in a plywood and furniture factory. While employed at the factory, Neželski, who had a lifelong interest in firearms, manufactured himself a pistol
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On the morning of 17 March 1998, Anatoli Neželski was detained on Kauba Street while collecting bottles. Shortly after his capture, Neželski readily confessed to all of his crimes, indicating how, why and where he had committed the respective killings. He was convicted and sentenced to 15 years
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As his financial situation gradually started to worsen, Neželski decided that he should turn to robberies to survive, using his experience as a druzhinnik and knowledge of police procedures to avoid getting caught. On 27 June 1994, he went to his ex-wife's home on Läänemere tee in
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imprisonment for all three crimes, in addition to being required to pay 70,000 krooni in damages to the victims' family members. The reason for his relatively short sentence was due to a loophole in
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In 2009, after 11 years behind bars, Neželski applied for early release, citing that he was repentant about his wrongdoings and wanted to live and work to redeem himself. In 2012, Neželski withdrew his requests for early release from the
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and broke inside. There, he threw out her new boyfriend, 26-year-old
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which he would later use in the killings. Around this time, he married a local woman, but the couple soon divorced, with his ex-wife describing Neželski as a religious fanatic who attended the
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between 1994 and 1996. After Neželski was found guilty, convicted and given 15 years imprisonment, he was subsequently released in 2013 after serving out the entirety of his sentence.
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