KRINITSYN Yuri Ivanovich

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Yuri KrinitsynЮ́рий Крини́цын
Status
Identification Status	Identified
Criminal Status	Incarcerated
Personal Information
Full Name	Yuri Ivanovich Krinitsyn
Born	1938 Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Russian SSR, Soviet Union
Other Names	Yuri Spitsyn
Gender	Male
Race/Ethnicity	White
Criminal Information
AKA	"The Upyr of Riga" (Russian: Рижский упырь)
Offender Type	Serial Killer
Method of Killing	Shooting
Conviction	N/A
Criminal penalty	Involuntary commitment
Victims	3
Span of crimes	January - September 27, 1975
Countries	Soviet Union
States	Riga
Cities	Riga
Dates apprehended	December 25, 1975
Imprisonment	Chernyakhovsk Special Psychiatric Hospital — Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia

Victims

Name	Age	Body Found	Cause of Death
"Mr. Mekkers"		January 1975	Shooting
"Mr. Markin"		September 14, 1975	Shooting
A. Serdechny		September 27, 1975	Shooting

Links

• Yuri Krinitsyn at Wikipedia