Danilovsky Maniac

Danilovsky Maniac
Other names"The Maniac with Dull Eyes"
"The Pitinsky Maniac"
Details
Victims7 (possibly 14)
Span of crimes
2004–2007
CountryRussia
StateVologda
Date apprehended
Not apprehended

The Danilovsky Maniac (Russian: Даниловский маньяк) is an unidentified Russian serial killer. It is suspected that he committed at least seven murders between 2004 and 2007 in the city of Cherepovets, in the Vologda Oblast. Three of the murders were committed on an abandoned construction site on Danilovsky Street, from which the killer earned his nickname.

Murders

In 2008, the criminal case totaled 18 volumes, and about 200 people were interviewed. The Cherepovets Mayor's Office announced a reward of 500 thousand rubles for anybody who helped to catch the maniac.

Chronology

On the walls near the site of the murders, drawings of a pornographic nature were found.

Current status

As of 2024, authorities have not publicly named any suspects in the case, with all the cases remaining unsolved. According to the local Investigative Committee, assuming that the killer is still alive, he would be between 58 and 73 years old and may have bald spots in his hair. In December 2023, local newspaper Cherepovetskaya Istina reported that local police have begun taking DNA samples from older male residents whose age matches the suggested age of the murderer.

Residents of Cherepovets have proposed multiple theories about who the killer may have been or what might have happened to him, with the most prevalent being that he is either deceased or imprisoned on other charges. At one point, there were rumours that serial killer Maxim Khrenov - who was arrested in Cherepovets in 2019 after he was linked to four murders committed in the Ivanovo Oblast from 2010 to 2011 - could be the killer. However, no evidence has been presented to link him to the Danilovsky Maniac, and he would later be sentenced to life imprisonment for the Ivanovo murders.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Череповец. Составлен фоторобот предполагаемого серийного убийцы женщин - так называемого "даниловского" маньяка". Череповецкий информационный сайт. 26 March 2008. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Новая жертва?". Газета "Премьер". 26 June 2012. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Даниловский маньяк вернулся?". 35 медиа. 10 November 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Ушла и не вернется..." Газета "Череповецкая истина". 1 July 2012. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Маньяк с мутными глазами убивает девушек в Череповце: его ищут по порнорисункам". NEWSru.com. 20 July 2005. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  6. 1 2 Alexey Yugov (19 December 2023). "У череповчан начали брать образцы ДНК для поисков "Даниловского маньяка"" [They began DNA samples from Cherepovsk residents to search for the 'Danilovsky Maniac']. Cherepovetskaya Istina (in Russian).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. 1 2 3 Alexey Yugov (11 December 2023). "Череповчане обсуждают Даниловского маньяка и строят новые версии: кто мог оказаться жестоким убийцей?" [Cherepovsk residents are discussing the Danilovsky maniac and building new versions: who could turn out to be a brutal killer?]. Cherepovetskaya Istina (in Russian).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)