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to prevent catching venereal diseases and never sold things like phones to random buyers, fearing that they would remember him, and instead gave them to acquaintances. Most of his known attacks occurred in
Sosnovsky Park, with victims sometimes being brought back to his mother's apartment or attacked
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After a closer look into the girl's death revealed that she had likely been murdered, and with victims' testimonies regarding the layout of the rapist's apartment, Kiyko was swiftly arrested. Not long after, he willingly started confessing to his crimes, attributing a total 14 attacks to himself - 9
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The investigation into the sudden uptick of attacks and rapes in the area lasted about a year and a half. From the very beginning, investigators believed that they were perpetrated by a single offender, as most victims described their assailant as a very slender
Russian man who appeared to be in his
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January 2007: Kiyko attempted to rape a 28-year-old girl, but her fierce resistance forced him to strangle her into unconsciousness instead and simply rob her. On another occasion, he stalked a 17-year-old girl after she left a taxi cab, then grabbed and dragged her to
Sosnovsky Park, where he raped
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Soon afterwards, Kiyko was charged with this murder and brought to court in Saint
Petersburg. He eventually recanted his confession, claiming the police had extracted it from him by force, but as he had provided details only the killer could know, he was found guilty and given an additional 25-year
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As time went on, however, he grew more and more violent, resorting to physically attacking and raping his victims, which now also included minors. If a victim tried to resist him, Kiyko would either kill them or run away if the circumstances were against him. He was meticulous and very careful when
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This aspect of his personality was completely unknown to his mother due to her working the night shift, as well as to his friends and acquaintances, who simply regarded him as a friendly and calm man. Despite this, they noted that he seemingly had issues talking with women, frequently struggling to
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March 2005: attacked a young girl and dragged her to a secluded area, but was unable to rape her due to a non-standard zipper on her clothing. Using his confusion to her advantage, the girl pushed him away and started running - she eventually came across an elderly woman walking her dog, prompting
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In June 2022, news sites reported that Kiyko had spontaneously confessed to a third murder dating back to 2005. In said confession, he claimed that on April 25, 2005, he accosted a 27-year-old woman named
Tatyana at Sosnovsky Park, using his usual method of threatening at knifepoint. However, she
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sentence, prosecutor
Natalya Kuznetsova took into account Kiyko's illness and willing confession, and instead demanded 25 years imprisonment. In the end, he was found guilty for a majority of the charges and sentenced to 22 years imprisonment. Upon hearing the verdict, the mothers of the deceased
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Local authorities have stated that they believe Kiyko's victims may number in the hundreds, as he accosted, assaulted, raped and even murdered on a frequent basis until his arrest. Due to this, his true number of victims is unclear, and the following list consists solely of his confirmed attacks:
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June 2006: dragged a 25-year-old woman into the park under the threat of a knife, intent on raping her. However, the victim's incessant screaming caused him to beat her into unconsciousness, after which he robbed her and fled. In another incident in that same month, Kiyko tried to drag away an
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Starting sometime around early 2004, Kiyko began accosting random women he came across in
Sosnovsky Park, asking them to go on walks with him. While he would occasionally steal their personal items and money, he later claimed that he only enjoyed the "process of the chase", and supposedly lost
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Little is known about Kiyko's early life. Born in Saint
Petersburg in 1985, his parents divorced when he was five, after which his mother was granted full custody of him. At some point during his childhood, Kiyko suffered a severe head injury, which he later claimed caused him to experience
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18-year-old woman walking her puppy, but the puppy distracted him long enough for her to break free from his grasp. The victim then went to a nearby road and flopped down on the asphalt in front of an approaching car. Kiyko unsuccessfully attempted to lift her up, and soon after fled.
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and then robbed her. His final victim, a 17-year-old girl, was raped in the park under knifepoint and then again at his home for the rest of the night. In an attempt to conceal himself, Kiyko blindfolded her and escorted her out of his house, abandoning her on the street.
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Before he could be put on trial, Kiyko was ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation at the Saint
Petersburg Psychiatric Hospital No. 6, which concluded that he was insane. Unsatisfied with the results, Justice Elena Volkova ruled that he should be re-examined at the
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April 25, 2005: murders a 27-year-old woman named
Tatyana in Sosnovsky Park, after she attempted to break away from him. He initially confessed to this case after his arrest, but later recanted by recommendation of his lawyer and was thus not charged. It remained a
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late teens or early 20s. At one point, one of the operatives decided to further look into the case of the girl who had drowned in the pond, finding that her former classmate - Andrei Kiyko - had reportedly arranged to meet with her on the day she was found dead.
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April 2006: accosted a 15-year-old girl and, at knifepoint, forced her to walk with him to Sosnovsky Park. For reasons unclear, Kiyko felt sympathy for the girl, and after walking together for approximately two hours, he let her go without causing any
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find interesting topics to talk about. He was also regarded well by his teachers, but some of them later noted that he seemingly enjoyed watching others fight, as he got along with hooligans and was always present as a spectator in brawls.
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August 2005: Kiyko arranged to meet up with a former classmate, whom he lured to his own apartment on Sirenevy Boulevard and proceeded to rape her. He then dragged her out to Sosnovsky Park, where he drowned her in a nearby
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December 2005: attacked a 23-year-old girl. In an attempt to save her life, the victim lied to him that she was pregnant, causing him to strangle her into unconsciousness. After robbing her, Kiyko left without killing
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December 2006: robbed and raped a 22-year-old girl in the park. On the following morning, he accosted and raped a 27-year-old pregnant woman.
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Β»: ΠΠ°ΠΊ ΡΠ±ΠΈΠ²Π°Π» ΡΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΠ²ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΠΌΠ°Π½ΡΡΠΊ"
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sentence to be served concurrently with his previous one.
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from 2004 to 2007, three of whom were fatally injured.
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398:"Π‘ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΠ²ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΠΌΠ°Π½ΡΡΠΊ: Β«ΠΠ½Π΅ Π½ΡΠ°Π²ΠΈΡΡΡ ΠΏΡΠ΅ΡΠ»Π΅Π΄ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΡ ΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΠ²ΡΒ»"
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436:Svetlana Streltsyova (December 2, 2008).
227:at a bus stop on Prospekt Morisa Toreza.
438:""Π‘ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΠ²ΡΠΊΠΎΠΌΡ ΠΌΠ°Π½ΡΡΠΊΡ" ΠΎΠ³Π»Π°ΡΠ΅Π½ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ³ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΡ"
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222:perpetrating his crimes, wearing
16:Russian serial killer (born 1985)
649:Violence against women in Russia
624:Russian people convicted of rape
654:Criminals from Saint Petersburg
639:Russian prisoners and detainees
589:21st-century Russian criminals
527:Anna Kostrova (22 June 2023).
353:List of Russian serial killers
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36:1985 (age 38–39)
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169:; born 1985), known as
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594:Russian male criminals
348:List of serial rapists
304:Trial and imprisonment
159:Andrei Olegovich Kiyko
65:"The Sosnovsky Ripper"
63:"The Sosnovsky Maniac"
33:Andrei Olegovich Kiyko
450:on February 10, 2016.
203:visual hallucinations
167:ΠΠ½Π΄ΡΠ΅ΠΉ ΠΠ»Π΅Π³ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡ ΠΠΈΠΉΠΊΠΎ
403:Komsomolskaya Pravda
246:Russian Armed Forces
171:The Sosnovsky Maniac
561:on August 28, 2023.
539:on August 28, 2023.
509:on August 28, 2023.
479:on August 28, 2023.
410:on August 28, 2023.
114:Span of crimes
83:Attempted murder x3
179:Π‘ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΠ²ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΠΌΠ°Π½ΡΡΠΊ
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555:lentv24.ru
359:References
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502:Gazeta.ru
258:cold case
148:June 2008
118:2004β2007
81:Murder x3
40:Leningrad
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