At that moment, many victims were not yet discovered, making it harder for the police to have any progress. He assigned a specialist forensic analyst, Victor Burakov, to head the investigation in the Shakhty area. In 1983 detective Major Mikhail Fetisov, located in Moscow, took control of the investigation. However, the damage to the eyes in many victims led law enforcement to investigate the killings in connection to one another. The Killing Spreeĭuring the time period of these murders, in The Soviet Union, the idea of a serial killer was often suppressed by the media. In the beginning of his killing spree he used to damage the eyes of his victims, believing that the eyes hold an imprint of his face even after death. Investigations showed that in some cases he ate the sexual organs of his victims, or removed body parts such as the tips of their noses or tongues. He then proceeded to viciously attack them, rape them and mutilate them. He used to target them at train or bus stations, luring them in abandoned sheds or forest areas. Mostly young runaways, not being missed by their families. He started following a pattern in choosing his victims.
On September 3, 1981, he struck his second victim. Larisa Tkachenko, 17 years old became his victim. Chikatilo strangled, stabbed and gagged her with earth and leaves to prevent her crying out. In 1984, Alexsandr Kravchenko was executed. It is believed that his confession of killing the victim was done under duress. For the murder of his first victim, a 25-year old, Alexsandr Kravchenko, with a previous rape conviction, was arrested. There was an eyewitness that had seen him with the victim, shortly before her disappearance, but his wife provided him with an alibi so solid, that he managed to elude police attention. While trying to stop the girl from struggling, Andrei Chikatilo slashed her with a knife, ejaculating whilst doing so.
It is believed that he lured her into an abandoned shed, where he attempted to rape her. The victim was 9 year old Lena Zakotnova. His first known victim was killed on 22nd December 1978.
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