On March 2, the Moscow District Court of Nizhny Novgorod arrested a 26-year-old man for two months on suspicion of murdering a family of four in a private house in the village of Kudma (clause a, c, part 2 of Art. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - “the murder of two and more persons, minors ").

This was reported to RT in the regional department of the Investigative Committee.

"In the near future, the suspect will be charged with committing the alleged crime," the press service of the department noted.

They added that the man had already testified on the circumstances of a particularly grave crime.

Before the trial, the suspect did not answer journalists' questions about the reasons for the crime.    


Lost a large amount


Recall that the massacre was committed in the village of Kudma within the boundaries of Nizhny Novgorod on February 28.

As established by the investigation, the auxiliary worker, who was hired by the owners of the site, entered the garage and attacked the 64-year-old pensioner and his 63-year-old wife with a knife.

He then killed their 41-year-old daughter-in-law and her six-year-old son.

At this time, Elena's husband and her 14-year-old daughter were not at home.

As reported in the TFR, the girl went to classes in the equestrian section.

“On the same day, a 14-year-old girl, who was in class, could not get through to her relatives at home, and got in touch with her father, who was in another region.

It was he who asked the neighbor to go to his house.

When he found out that a tragedy had occurred in his neighbors, he called the law enforcement officers, ”said the Investigation Department for the region.

The suspect himself fled from the scene of the crime, he was detained the next day in the Vladimir region.

According to media reports, his name is Sharofiddin Amirov.

According to the investigation, the man committed a crime for profit: valuables and a large amount of money disappeared from the house.

"This is not the motive"

On Tuesday, during the investigative actions at the crime scene, the man told in detail and showed law enforcement officers how he had committed the murders.

The video of the investigative experiment was published by the TFR.

“Here,” he says, “I pulled out all the documents.

He took out money and gold jewelry, but removed the documents, ”the translator recounted the words of the suspect.

He himself speaks Russian with difficulty.

On March 1, the Investigative Directorate reported that after the crime was committed, an acquaintance helped the suspect escape.

On March 2, the investigator in the case, Ilya Chuev, told reporters that in addition to the 26-year-old suspect, no one else was detained in the case.

While the preliminary investigation continues, expert examinations have been appointed, and witnesses are being questioned.

At the same time, the department did not comment on the information of the local media that the suspect used sexual violence against the 41-year-old victim.   

The lawyer of the detainee stated that the motive of her client was not robbery or rape, Ruptly reports.

“It was not a robbery, not a rape - this is not the motive.

I will not say anything more for now, please wait, ”said the representative of the suspect.

Local media, citing the neighbors of the deceased family, reported that on the day of the murder, a quarrel over wages had occurred between the suspect and the 64-year-old owner of the house.

The deceased pensioner turned out to be Anatoly Korolev, who worked for 13 years on the Gorky railway.

“Yes, indeed, Anatoly Korolev, the head of the Nizhny Novgorod Communications Directorate, is a structural subdivision of the Central Communications Directorate, serving the Gorky Railway,” RIA Novosti quotes the press service of GZD.

The department said that Anatoly Korolev was a professional who "knew how to competently lead a team and enjoyed great authority among colleagues."

“He devoted 21 years of his life to serving the Russian Railways.

His passing away is an irreparable loss.

We share the grief and offer our condolences to the family and friends of Anatoly Nikolaevich.

The memory of him will always be in the hearts of those who knew him, ”reads the obituary published in the department newspaper Volzhskaya Magistral.

The murdered Elena Malakhova, in addition to raising children, was engaged in the design of weddings and was an individual entrepreneur: in Nizhny Novgorod she had a floristry studio.