“Presumably, the death of a man was caused by a knife wound,” the press service of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia in the Samara Region reported.

It is noted that earlier criminal cases were initiated on the suspicion of this man of committing crimes under paragraph "b" of Part 4 of Art.

132 of the Criminal Code of Russia ("Violent acts of a sexual nature committed against a person under the age of 14").

According to the investigation, in the period from 2016 to 2021, the suspect committed other sexual acts against two girls, who at that time were six and eight years old, respectively.

The man recorded the illegal actions on his phone.

Investigators are checking and establishing the circumstances of the incident.

Earlier, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against a resident of the Krasnoglinsky district of the Samara region, suspected of killing her young son.