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Biography[]
Little is known about Starostin's biography prior to the murders, aside from the fact that he was born in Khimki, Moscow Oblast in 1986. After becoming an adult, he joined the local police force, where he was characterized positively and reached the rank of sergeant.[1] However, at one point he befriended Yakov Hanukayev, a fellow officer who was known for skipping work and drinking alcohol, which eventually rubbed off on Starostin, who also started doing it.[1] Sometime in early-to-mid 2006, Starostin discovered that his 21-year-old girlfriend Tatyana Z. was a prostitute, which enraged him to the point that he vowed to take revenge on all prostitutes. He told his intentions to Hanukayev, who willingly decided to participate.[2]
In May 2006, the two men picked up 30-year-old Tatyana K. and drove her to an isolated section near a maternity ward, where they started filming her. Shortly afterwards, Starostin hit K. twice in the face before the two men took turns raping her. At one point, Starostin asked Hanukayev to wrap a belt around her neck, and when he did so, the two men pulled both ends until they eventually strangled her.[1] A week after that, they repeated the same act with 21-year-old Natalya G., who was strangled with her own tights and had her body dumped in a forest.[2]
Two weeks after that, Starostin and Hanukayev raped and strangled 21-year-old Tatyana Z. with an accelarator cable, as she had recently discovered that the two men were responsible for the recent murders.[1] Unbeknownst to either of them, Z. had swallowed a note containing the names and mobile numbers of her friends and acquaintances which was found by authorities after an autopsy - an examination of this note led them to find other prostitutes who had seen her enter a white Volga.[2] As the witnesses remembered part of the license plate, the car was found to belong to Starostin.[2]
Flight, arrest and conviction[]
Sensing an impending arrest, Starostin fled to Belarus, while Hanukayev was caught before he could do so as well. Hanukayev later admitted responsibility for the crimes, claiming that the two men viewed themselves as "cleaners" who wanted to rid society of prostitutes.[2] For his role in the crimes, he was convicted and sentenced to 19 years imprisonment.[3]
Starostin hid in a rented apartment in Novopolotsk, Belarus, where he lived with a mistress.[4] The Russian authorities contacted their Belarusian counterparts in late 2007, suspecting that their fugitive might he residing in the country. After several months of investigation, the Belarusian investigators traced Starostin to Novopolotsk, where they arrested both him and his mistress in March 2008.[4]
In November 2009, Starostin was convicted of three counts of murder and causing grievous bodily harm, for which he was sentenced to 24 years imprisonment.[5]
Victims[]
| Name | Age | Body Found | Cause of Death |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tatyana K. | 30 | May 2006 | Strangulation |
| Natalya G. | 21 | June 2006 | Strangulation |
| Tatyana Z. | 21 | June 2006 | Strangulation |
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Милиционер убивал проституток ненавистью (Russian). Mk.ru (November 8, 2009). Archived from the original on May 22, 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Leysan Muhamedyanova (November 3, 2006). Охота на путан (Russian). Tvoi Den. Archived from the original on May 22, 2024.
- ↑ Shamil Dzhemakulov (September 21, 2007). Химкинского маньяка-«чистильщика» посадили на 19 лет (Russian). Komsomolskaya Pravda. Archived from the original on May 24, 2023.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 В Белоруссии арестован беглый милиционер-убийца из России (Russian). newsru.com (March 18, 2008). Archived from the original on April 13, 2023.
- ↑ Подмосковный милиционер получил 24 года колонии за убийства проституток ради забавы (Russian). newsru.com (November 9, 2009). Archived from the original on April 13, 2023.