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Former official accused of eleven episodes of rape and murder.
The Kalmansky District Court of the Altai Territory continues to consider the case of Vitaly Manishin, MK na Altai reports.
Investigators believe that the man is the «Polytechnic» or «Barnaul maniac.» The man worked in the district administration. Manishin is accused of 11 episodes of murder and rape of girls and women.
In the near future, the court will consider the cases of the «Barnaul Five.» These are crimes committed against applicants to the Polytechnic University. They disappeared in the summer of 2000. One of the maniac's victims was sixteen-year-old Yulia Tekhtiekova.
The applicant's brother and the woman who entered the Polytechnic University with the girl were present at the court hearing on August 14.