According to the detainee, he «fueled» when he was yelled at by his board supplier.
In Vasilkovo, Kiev region, a man engaged in the manufacture of furniture was detained on suspicion of killing a married couple from the Volyn region, who supplied him with boards. According to investigators, the man dealt with his victims with a knife and a hammer, after which he tried to hide the traces of the crime. Now he faces a life sentence, reports the Chronicle.info with reference to Focus.
Law enforcement officers at 16:30 on January 29 received information that a married couple — a man and a woman 50 and 45 years old — who came from the Volyn region to Kiev, did not get in touch. The police found out that the minibus in which they were traveling did not leave Vasilkov. After some time, the police located the car, but it was closed. Once inside, the law enforcement officers saw the corpses of two people — multiple bruises and stab wounds were found on their bodies.
According to investigators, on Saturday, January 29, the dead arrived from the Volyn region in Kiev in a minibus and brought with them boards that had been brought to furniture manufacturers in Vasilkov for 10 years. The last workshop visited by the spouses on the day of their death was located in this city. Investigators found out that the tenant of this enterprise may be involved in the murders.
Murder in Vasylkiv: the chronology of the crime
At about 10:00 am on January 29, a married couple of entrepreneurs arrived at the furniture manufacturer's workshop and a conflict arose between the men in the process of unloading the boards. As a result, the shop tenant took a hammer and hit his opponent several times with it. Then he took a knife in the office and stabbed his wife in the car. She tried to run away from him, but the man got into the car and struck several blows.
Further, the killer left the woman in the passenger seat, and dragged her husband into the body and disguised his corpse with boards. Then the suspect, in the car of the dead, according to the police, «with the mutilated bodies of the spouses, drove around the city», trying to find a place where they could leave them. As a result, the man abandoned the minibus on one of the streets near the center of Vasilkov. The car was found there by the police.
«Due to the numerous wounds on the body of the victims, the snow turned red with blood», — said the head of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Kiev region Andriy Nebytov, commenting on the murder in Vasylkiv.
As a result of the actions, the suspect in the commission The crime was arrested.
The tragedy in Vasilkov: the testimony of the detainee
A 52-year-old man who is suspected of murder confessed to his deed.
«The conflict happened with Anatoly at the factory. He yelled at me loudly. I boiled over, took a hammer and hit him,” the detainee said, adding that he had inflicted many blows on the victim’s head.
Further, according to the suspect, he entered the car with a knife, where his wife was killed, and stabbed her to death with a knife. At the same time, the detainee answered in the negative when asked by a law enforcement officer whether the deceased had a conflict between him and her husband.
«Then I pushed her into the passenger seat, and dragged Anatoly into the car. After that, he got into the car and drove off,» the detainee added regarding the tragedy in Vasilkov.
Murder of businessmen near Kiev: motives and punishment
According to law enforcement officers, the conflict between men that led to the tragedy arose over money — a 52-year-old resident of Vasilkov was owes the entrepreneur about 6,000 hryvnias for the supply of boards.
Investigators began criminal proceedings under Part 2 of Art. 115 (premeditated murder) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The suspect is currently in jail. For the murder of businessmen near Kiev, he could face 10 to 15 years in prison or life imprisonment with confiscation of property if the court proves that the murder occurred from mercenary motives.