Andrei Chikatilo
Andrei Chikatilo | |
|---|---|
| Андрей Чикатило | |
Mugshot of Chikatilo, taken after his arrest in November 1990 | |
| Born | 16 October 1936 Yabluchne [uk], Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 14 February 1994 (aged 57) Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast, Russia |
| Cause of death | Execution by shooting |
| Other names | The Butcher of Rostov The Forest Strip Killer[2] The Red Ripper The Rostov Ripper[3] |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Spouse |
Feodosia Odnacheva
(m. 1963; div. 1992) |
| Children | 2 |
| Motive |
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| Convictions | Murder with aggravating circumstances (52 counts) Sexual abuse Sexual assault |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Details | |
| Victims | 52 convicted 53 tried 56+ claimed |
Span of crimes | 22 December 1978 – 6 November 1990 |
| Country | Soviet Union |
Date apprehended | 20 November 1990 |
Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo (Russian: Андрей Романович Чикатило; Ukrainian: Андрій Романович Чикатило, romanized: Andrii Romanovych Chykatylo; 16 October 1936 – 14 February 1994) was a Ukrainian-born Soviet serial killer nicknamed "the Butcher of Rostov", "the Rostov Ripper", and "the Red Ripper" who sexually assaulted, murdered, and mutilated at least fifty-two women and children between 1978 and 1990 in the Russian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR, and the Uzbek SSR.
Chikatilo confessed to fifty-six murders; he was tried for fifty-three murders in April 1992. He was convicted and sentenced to death for fifty-two of these murders in October 1992, although the Supreme Court of Russia ruled in 1993 that insufficient evidence existed to prove his guilt in nine of those killings. Chikatilo was executed by gunshot in February 1994.
Chikatilo was known as "the Rostov Ripper" and "the Butcher of Rostov" because he committed most of his murders in the Rostov Oblast of the Russian SFSR.
- ^ "Russian Court Finds Ex-Teacher Guilty In the Killing of 52". The New York Times. Associated Press. 15 October 1992. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ "53 Killed, Man on Trial". The Canberra Times. 16 April 1992. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ^ Cullen, Robert (1993). The Killer Department: Detective Viktor Burakov's Eight-Year Hunt for the Most Savage Serial Killer in Russian History (1st ed.). New York City: Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-42276-5.