In the Sverdlovsk region, men will be convicted of murdering a teenager 20 years ago
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- In the Sverdlovsk region, three men are accused of murdering a 15-year-old teenager in August 2006 to cover up the theft of a knife and ring.
- After the arrest of one of them based on DNA testing and his admission of guilt, the investigation identified accomplices.
- The criminal case has been sent to court.
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Why It Matters
The crime occurred in August 2006 in Verkhnyaya Salda. The victim was killed after his property was stolen. The investigation stalled due to lack of evidence, but was resumed thanks to modern DNA testing.
In the Sverdlovsk region, men will be convicted for the massacre of a teenager 20 years ago. About this "Lente.ru" in the investigative department of the Investigative Committee (IC) of Russia for the region.
They are charged under Article 105 (“Murder committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy in order to conceal another crime”) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
According to the investigation, on the night of August 26, 2006, three men, who were 17 years old at that time, met an unfamiliar 15-year-old teenager near one of the houses on Engels Street in Verkhnyaya Salda and decided to steal property from him. Using violence, they took a folding knife and a ring from the victim. After that, in order to hide what they had done, they stabbed the teenager multiple times with a stolen knife and made it impossible for him to breathe using a cord. The wounds received by the victim turned out to be incompatible with life.
It was not possible to immediately identify those involved in the crime. In the course of work to solve criminal cases of past years, employees of the Investigative Committee, together with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, carried out modern examinations, which established the genotypes of other persons on the subject of the victim. One of the DNA profiles matched the genotype of a previously convicted local resident.
After his arrest, the man admitted his guilt and spoke about what he had done. Then the investigation managed to identify his accomplices.
At the request of the investigation, a preventive measure was chosen against them in the form of detention. The criminal case will be sent to court for consideration on the merits.
What to Watch
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The court will sentence the accused in the coming months
Very likely · Within months
Open Questions
- What kind of property was stolen from the teenager besides the knife and ring?
- Did the teenager know the suspects before the crime?
- What specific examinations made it possible to establish genotypes on physical evidence?
