Posted on 01/11/2017 3:36:01 PM PST by nickcarraway
Former Russian policeman Mikhail Popkov raped then killed his victims with axes, knives or screwdrivers between 1992 and 2007
A notorious serial killer and sex maniac nicknamed 'The Werewolf' has been charged with 25 new murders of women, bringing his total to 47.
Former Russian policeman Mikhail Popkov raped then killed his victims with axes, knives or screwdrivers between 1992 and 2007.
The Siberian beast is already serving a life sentence for 22 murders of female victims and has confessed to an additional 25 for which investigators say they now have hard evidence.
Police are still seeking to find definite proof of an additional dozen murders to which he has admitted, and a criminal investigation is ongoing.
Law enforcement sources believe it is likely his eventual total will exceed his sinister idol, the worst-ever Soviet serial killer Andrei Chikatilo, AKA the Butcher of Rostov, who was convicted of 53 murders.
The more recent Moscow maniac Alexander Pichushkin, known as the Chessboard Killer, killed 49.
Popkov has told police his murder toll is 59.
But in court in Irkutsk, when asked by judge Pavel Rukavishnikov how many women he had killed, he shrugged and replied: "I can't say exactly, I didn't keep a record."
The mass killer also told the court: "I admit my guilt in full....committing the murders, I was guided by my inner convictions."
He is expected to face trial for the latest 25 murders by summer.
Police revealed that they have found human remains of "a large number" of victims in locations where Popkov told them to look.
Some were women reported as missing but whose fate was previously unknown, reported The Siberian Times , which revealed the 25 new charges.
After he was detained in 2012, he told police he wanted to "cleanse" the streets of "
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He is sentenced for 22 murders. Why try him for the 25 more? It is an expense. With no death sentence nothing will add to his already incurred sentence. Simply posit all the murders that he has proven by telling where the bodies are and add them to his file. It is cheaper that way.
If he pleads guilty, it’s one cheap trial of multiple counts & the cold-casers count theirs cases closed & go home with kudos to drink vodka
Ironically, Mr Berkowitz considers himself a newborn, albeit belatedly, christian
I saw his picture - it’s my next door neighbor who we all thought like such a nice guy
Berkowitz, in 1989, converted in a complete about-face from Satanism to Christianity.
george bush commuted lucas’ death sentence- the man may have killed hundreds of people- having lead police to over 100 victims and cases that were unsolved at the time
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LOL! Are "u" for real?
Do something useful and
because I think it's people like "u" that endanger FR by failing to help pay for it.
If I'm wrong, I apo.....hell, I'm not wrong.
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