Mikhail Popkov killed at least 83 people over 20 years. Sentenced to two life sentences, he volunteered to fight in the Ukraine to receive a pardon. Kremlin refused.
Mikhail Popkov, a Russian serial killer who confessed to the deaths of more than 80 people between 1992 and 2010, he volunteered to fight for the Kremlin in Ukraine. But the Russian authorities have already assured that the murderer, who raped the victims after murdering them, will remain in custody: the statements he made, and which were reported by the Vesti website on Telegram, are nothing more than “wake-up calls”.
Also known as the “Angarsk Maniac” and “The Wolf Man”, Mikhail Popkov was sentenced to two life sentences for the deaths of 79 people, the vast majority of whom were women, but the authorities believe (and Mikhail Popkov confirms this) ) that the death toll reaches at least 83. Now that the Kremlin grants pardons to prisoners who survive more than six months on the front lines, the 58-year-old has announced that he is available to fight in the Ukraine.
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The serial killer’s availability came three days after Mikhail Popkov confessed to the murder of more people in a letter sent to Russian police, a confession now under investigation, 11 years after the man was arrested and eight years after he was arrested he was sentenced The prisoner, who was serving a sentence in the Russian region of Mordovia, was transferred to Irkutsk after the confessions. In an interview with Vesti, When asked what his dream is, he replied: “Join the army.”
“Realistically, how would I survive January and February?” he asked: “For me, the coldest frosts are the worst,” he admitted. Even so, “I would not doubt it”, even knowing that “it is not a computer game”, nor “fiction books with superheroes”: “My military specialization is in high demand right now. Even though I’ve been in prison for 10 years, I don’t think it’s that hard to learn new skills.”
Mikhail Popkov, considered Russia’s worst serial killer, was a policeman and security guard at a Russian oil company before being arrested for carrying out dozens of murders and committing necrophilia with the bodies. He was married and has a daughter.
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After the arrest, Mikhail Popkov said that he had committed the crimes out of “internal convictions”: after becoming convinced that his wife was cheating on him (which was not true), he began to attack women at night. Some were prostitutes, others were women whom Mikhail Popkov met in activities he considered immoral, such as going to parties without a male company.
At the time of the attacks, Mikhail Popkov was wearing a police uniform and offered to give the women a ride, saying he would take them safely to their cars or even home. He would then take them to remote locations, force them to strip naked, and attack them. with weapons like knives, axes and baseball bats. She raped them when they were already corpses. Mikhail Popkov is known not only for being a serial killer but for the violence of his acts, especially the mutilations he inflicts on bodies.
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After nearly 20 years of serial killings, Mikhail Popkov was eventually discovered thanks to car tracks found at the vast majority of crime scenes. — a 4×4 Lada jeep that the ex-policeman had. The DNA found on the bodies of the victims was matched against that of a database containing the genetic material of 3,500 officers (acting and retired) from the Irkutsk region. When the results showed that the DNA belonged to Mikhail Popkov, the man was arrested.
Source: Observadora
