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The Forest Maniac - Part II · Murder Files Unsealed

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  Speaker 1: Arrest of Dmitri Voroshilov. Alongside the established task force, personnel
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  from the Samara Police Department participated in the search for
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  the serial killer. In an effort to apprehend him. In
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  the act, officers disguised as couples were strategically positioned in
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  various locations throughout Samara. However, these efforts yielded no results.
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  During the investigation, it was proposed that the perpetrator might
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  be a member of law enforcement, given that the crimes
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  occurred in proximity to several correctional facilities and one of
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  the victims was found with their hands bound using a
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  trouser belt equipped with handcuffs. Subsequently, approximately one thousand, five
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  hundred officers were interviewed, leading to the identification of four
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  potential suspects. In April nineteen ninety seven, biological soul samples
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  including blood, hair and clothing from the deceased individuals and
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  the four suspects were submitted for forensic analysis. By Midsummer
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  of that year, investigators received the results, which indicated that
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  the evidence collected at the crime scenes was linked to
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  thirty year old Dmitri Viktorovitch Voroshilov, a major of the
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  internal service and chief of security at a correctional facility
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  near Samara. As a result of this evidence, Veroshilov was
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  apprehended on July thirtieth, nineteen ninety seven. He consistently denied
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  any involvement and maintained his innocence. However, due to the
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  lack of direct connections to the majority of the crimes,
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  he was ultimately charged with two murders and three attempted murders.
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  In November nineteen ninety seven, the court mandated that Voshilov
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  undergo a forensic medical evaluation, leading to his transfer to
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  the Serbski Centre in Moscow. The evaluators concluded that although
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  he was mentally stable, he exhibited symptoms of epilepsy and psychopathy.
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  Concerns regarding his character intensified after it was revealed that
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  Voroshilov had a passion for martial arts, possessed significant physical strength,
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  and was proficient in hand to hand combat as well
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  as knife fighting techniques. His coach remarked on Voroshilov's exceptional
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  combat skills, noting that he could shatter a brick suspended
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  in mid air with a single strike and was adept
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  at fighting with both hands. Many of Voroshilov's acquaintances and
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  friends expressed strong negative opinions about him, with some even
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  labeling him a misogynist due to his behaviour towards female
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  personnel at the penal institution. This perception reportedly originated from
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  a brief romantic involvement with a woman named Marina, who
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  departed the area around nineteen ninety four. Consequently, Voshilov faced
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  repeated disciplinary actions and was admitted to a psychiatric facility,
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  where he was ultimately deemed sane and permitted to resume
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  his duties. Conversely, one of his neighbors maintained that Voroshilov
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  was incapable of such actions, asserting that he would never
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  harm even the smallest creature. At the conclusion of nineteen
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  ninety seven, Voroshilov underwent a polygraph examination. Although the results
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  were inconclusive, they indicated a significant likelihood of his involvement
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  in the murders. During the search of Voroshilov's residence, investigators
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  failed to locate any of the weapons that the surviving
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  victims identified as being used by their assailant. Furthermore, there
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  was no evidence to suggest that he had been in
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  the company of individuals possessing similar weapons, or that he
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  could have acquired one from them. A notable piece of
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  circumstantial evidence was a camouflage jacket discovered in Korotkov's vehicle,
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  which his family asserted did not belong to him. This
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  led investigators to suspect that the jacket had been left
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  in the trunk by the perpetrator. The jacket underwent over
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  two dozen forensic tests, with only six results included in
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  the indictment indicating a connection to Voshilov. Blood group analyzes
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  were also inconclusive, as the stains on the jacket matched
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  three different blood groups, including those of both Korotkov and Voroshilov,
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  who had the same blood type. No additional forensic evidence
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  could definitively establish Voroshilov's guilt, and he consistently denied ownership
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  of the jacket, despite the presence of incancit distancies and
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  unreliable testimonies. The Samara District Court convicted Voroshilov of two murders,
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  specifically those of Korotkov and Kulakovskaya, as well as three
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  assaults involving Santeladze Phutkevich and an injured officer. Consequently, he
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  received a sentence of fifteen years in prison, which was
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  the only punishment permissible under the Criminal Code in effect
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  at that time. Throughout the trial, Voroshilov maintained his composure
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  and displayed no emotion as the verdict was announced. Following
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  the conclusion of the trial, he submitted an appeal to
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  the Supreme Court, which reviewed the case and affirmed his
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  sentence on March sixth two thousand. Voroshilov was subsequently transferred
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  to a penal colony located in Ryazan Oblast to serve
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  his sentence. He served out the sentence in its entirety
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  and was released on July thirtieth, two thousand twelve. The
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  identity of the forest maniac remains a subject of debate.