Heinous discovery makes Werewolf to one of the world's worst seriemordere

How many women have you killed?

I don't know. I did not count.

It said the former Russian policeman Mikhail Popkov, who probably is one of the world's worst seriemordere, questions from the judge Pavel Rukavisjnikov in court in 2017.

78 is the number the court has arrived at. Probably there are more victims out there.

Popkov (54) set already behind the lock and turn, sentenced to life in prison for the murders of 22 women, then it for soon two years ago appeared new gruesome details. In conversations with the police had Popkov admitted to the killings of 59 other people.

"Werewolf" sitting in prison for 22 murders. But the new tilståelsene his is much worse

Innrømmelsene of questioning led to the discovery of the Russian police described as "many similar".

All of the murder, Popov was convicted for in the first place took place between 1994 and 2000. All of the victims were women, aged 17 to 38.

One of the world's worst

Now has a Russian court found Popkov guilty of 56 kills. Three of the killings Popov himself has admitted, he was not convicted of. The police believe it is likely that there are more victims, according to the Siberian Times.

With the new innrømmelsene, and the subsequent judgment, he is now to be regarded as the worst seriemorderen in Russian history.

Popkov should have explained that he intended to kill prostitutes who he considered to be immoral. In a statement from the Russian public prosecutor states that he has "a morbid urge to kill people", writes NTB.

He sentenced the victims to death, as soon as they accepted to drink with him, said district attorney Alexander Shkinjov after the verdict was read, according to the Siberian Times.

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Andrei "the Butcher of Rostov" Chikalito killed 53 people, while the "Sjakkmorderen" Alexander Pichushkin killed 49.

the Killings, he was sentenced for Monday, took place between 1992 and 2007, says statsadvokatkontoret in Irkutsk in a statement, according to NTB. The victims who are referred to in the new ruling were all women, aged 16 to 40 years, with the exception of a police officer.

The total number of victims makes him one of the worst known seriemorderne in the world in modern times. With the exception of war, there are only a small number of killers, with a higher number of confirmed victims, writes NTB.

Pedro "the Monster of the Andes" Lopez and Luis "the Beast" Garavito, are two of the worst.

Was a police officer

Popkov, who was a police officer, used the uniforms to trick the intoxicated victims in the police car their by promising them a ride home from the city.

Seriemorderen may have killed over 200 on the "drapsslott" and was sentenced to death in 1896. He has now been dug up again

After having raped and killed their victims, among other things, screwdriver, axe and knives, he drove them out in the woods where he dumped them.

Popkov had stabbed some of the victims up to 170 times with a knife, according to prosecutors.

the Killings were so brutal that Popkov was nicknamed "Werewolf" in Russian media.

the Police struggled long to find out who was behind the killings then they will not be able to take DNA tests of their own officers. When this became possible in 2012, it was not long before Popkov were arrested.

After his arrest, told Popkov that he lost the desire to kill after he got syphilis from one of the victims.

When the police dug, did they likfunn "almost every day" and "Werewolf"

It is not determined what triggered the animal drapsrekken, but one theory is that the "Werewolf" would take revenge on all women for that he had suspicions that his wife had been unfaithful. He has also pointed out that part of the reason for the animal deaths:

- I had reason to suspect her. I try not to make excuses, but this was the impetus for what I did, he explained, according to the Siberian Times.

When he was arrested in 2012 should he have told the police that he wanted to cleanse the streets of prostitutes.

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