On September 24, a child disappeared in the Nizhny Novgorod region - nine-year-old Lera Pazukhina did not return from school.

At about six in the evening, the girl got off the bus at a bus stop in the village of Neklyudovo, but never showed up at home.

On the same evening, the girl's relatives filed a report of the disappearance with the police.

The search began.

Strangled and disappeared

According to representatives of the Volunteer search and rescue squad, in addition to the police, local residents and 50 volunteers participated in the search.

“We received a signal from the police that the girl was missing.

It seems that her grandmother announced the disappearance, ”Sergei Shukhrin, head of the Volunteer search and rescue squad in Nizhny Novgorod, told RT.

- Local residents immediately joined the search - they have a chat in the village, they quickly found out about everything.

According to Shukhrin, after several hours of searching, one of the residents of Neklyudovo discovered the child's body and transmitted the corresponding signal to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

During the examination, the investigators recorded signs of a violent death, a criminal case was opened under Part 2 of Art.

105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Murder of a minor).

According to the investigation, the killer took the child to a deserted place and strangled him, and then disappeared from the scene of the crime.

Volunteers who participated in the search also mention that a package with things was found near the place where the body was lying - presumably, they could belong to the criminal.

A few hours later, a suspect in the massacre of a young child was arrested.

According to media reports, we are talking about a 34-year-old resident of the Kstovsky district of the Nizhny Novgorod region, Pavel Surkov.

The search and rescue team clarified that the man was caught in a forest belt in the early morning of September 25.

At the same time, law enforcement officers believe that the detained man may be involved in two murders at once - on the day Lera Pazukhina disappeared, a 46-year-old woman was killed in the town of Bor.

Death resulted from head trauma.

It was during the investigation of this criminal case that the investigators came to the version about the involvement of the same person involved in the murder of a child.

“According to the investigation, on September 24, 2020 in the daytime in the house on the street.

Derzhavin, Bor, Nizhny Novgorod Region, a suspect during a quarrel with a local resident beat the victim and hit her on the head with a hammer.

A 46-year-old woman died from her injuries, ”the UK said.

Investigators believe that after the suspect dealt with his acquaintance, he met the next victim at a bus stop.

The recordings from cameras located near the scene show that the girl voluntarily goes somewhere after the adult man.

Was familiar with the killer

As told in the UK, investigators believe that Lera was familiar with the alleged criminal - earlier her mother was in a relationship with Surkov.

“Investigators of the UK believe that the young girl knew the suspect, since her mother had previously cohabited with him.

At the same time, a few months ago, the woman terminated relations with him, ”- noted in the regional department of the UK.

It is also known that the detainee on suspicion of double murder was previously repeatedly tried for committing crimes of varying severity.

In the orientation to a man, spread by law enforcement agencies after the murder of a resident of Bor and the disappearance of a nine-year-old girl in Neklyudovo, it was stated that he had already served time for theft, robbery and causing grievous bodily harm (Art. 161, Art. 162, Art. 111 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ).

After the body of the murdered Lera Pazukhina was found, the residents of the village of Neklyudovo who participated in her search organized a spontaneous rally.

Now the investigation into the criminal case continues, it is under the personal control of the leadership of the regional Investigative Committee.

The Prosecutor General's Office also took control of the situation.

Investigators are working with the suspect, he has already been interrogated and are preparing to bring charges.

“In the near future, a petition will be sent to the court to choose a preventive measure in the form of detention.

The suspect will also be charged under paragraphs.

"A", "c" part 2 of Art.

105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Murder of two persons, a minor) ", - told in the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee for the Nizhny Novgorod region.