Dmitry Voronenko
| Dmitry Voronenko | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Dmitry Petrovich Voronenko July 29, 1971 Kök-Janggak, Kirghiz SSR |
| Other names | "The Petersburg Maniac" |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment |
| Conviction(s) | Murder |
| Details | |
| Victims | 4 |
Span of crimes | 2006–2007 |
| Country | Russia |
| State(s) | St. Petersburg |
Date apprehended | May 24, 2007 |
Dmitry Petrovich Voronenko (born July 29, 1971 in Kök-Janggak, Kirghiz SSR), known as the "Petersburg Maniac", is a Kyrgyzstani-Ukrainian serial killer, who killed 4 girls and young women in St. Petersburg between 2006 and 2007.
Early life
Voronenko was born in the Osh Region into the family of an electrician and a kindergarten teacher. In his childhood, he liked to choke cats and dogs.[1][2] After graduating the 10th grade, he did not have a permanent job. In 1987, Voronenko moved to the Ukrainian city of Krivyi Rih, where he graduated from the vocational school for the welder specialty.[3]
In 1998-1999, he received a suspended sentence on three occasions for "causing serious harm to health in excess of the limits of self-defense" and theft. In 2004, he was sentenced to 5 years in prison, serving his term in the Kresty Prison, most of the punishment being absorbed by the term of stay under investigation. In March 2005, just over 3 years and 3 months from the date of arrest, Voronenko was released on parole for good behaviour.
The rapist was to be deported at the place of citizenship - to Ukraine, but the supervising authorities did not pay proper attention to Voronenko, so after his last arrest, numerous accusations were made against them, but none of the officials were held viable as direct accomplices to the serial killer.
Murders
Voronenko attacked girls and young women, preferring blondes, about 1,50 centimetres in height.
On August 25, 2006, he raped a 17-year-old girl on the Loni Golikova Street. The victim managed to survive the ordeal.
On December 8, 2006, in the basement of a house on Stachek Avenue, he committed his first murder. The victim was 11-year-old Lida Pogodina, whom the maniac raped, killed and then hid the body in a garbage heap.
On January 28, 2007 in the Polyukstrovsky Avenue, he killed 19-year-old Katya Fedotova. As it later turned out, Voronenko had suggested that he take the woman to the bus. The girl's body was found only after a month.
On March 4, 2007, he raped and killed 20-year-old Alena Gnatyuk, a student of the Institute of Water Transport. The killer kidnapped her from the "Chyornaya Rechka" metro station, dragged her into the basement of a house on Kolomyazhsky Avenue, raped and strangled her.
On May 21, 2007, in the basement of a house on Bolshaya Raznochinnaya Street, he committed the last murder.[4] The victim was 12-year-old Lena Boyko, with the modus operandi being the same - she was raped, followed by strangulation.
Arrest, investigation and trial
According to the testimony of witnesses, a facial composite of the killer was drawn up. At the disposal of the authorities were records from external surveillance cameras at one of the murder sites. As a result, 863 people previously convicted for sexual crimes were tested. During the search, information was received about Voronenko. His address was traced, and on May 24, 2007, he was ambushed and arrested. At first he was suspected only in the last murder, but subsequently confessed to the previous three.[5] Forensic psychiatric examination recognized Voronenko as insane.[6] The killer did not regret his deeds. These were Voronenko's last words at his trial:
| “ | ... To say something to me is meaningless, nobody understands me anyway, you can publicly execute me on Palace Square. Anyway, this will not change anything. I still can not understand why it did... | ” |
At the trial, the parents of the murdered girls and the prosecutor demanded the death penalty for Voronenko, but the court did not consider it possible to make such a verdict due to the moratorium on the death penalty, and on March 20, 2008, the St. Petersburg City Court sentenced him to life imprisonment. Relatives of the victims appealed to the Russian Supreme Court demanding the death penalty, but the verdict was left unchanged.[7] Voronenko is currently serving his sentence in the "Polar Owl" penitentiary.
In the media
- Documentary film "Blood on the Neva", from the series "Out of law".
- Documentary film "To sentence to the highest measure" from the series "Detective Stories" directed by Vakhtang Mikeladze.
- Documentary "Early release...for a maniac" from the series "Life sentenced", directed by Vakhtang Mikeladze.
References
- ↑ На счету маньяка четыре убитые девочки
- ↑ Уголовный розыск. Петроград – Ленинград – Петербург. Насиловал, а потом душил…
- ↑ "Вороненко, Дмитро". Серийные маньяки убийцы. Archived from the original on 2012-05-01. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
- ↑ В Санкт-Петербурге изнасилована и убита пятиклассница
- ↑ В Петербурге задержанный за убийство школьницы признался еще в 3 аналогичных преступлениях
- ↑ Инна Тимченко (21 марта 2008). ""Решение суда мне безразлично"". Правовой портал "Кадис". Archived from the original on 2012-05-01. Retrieved 2010-06-30. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ В Петербурге вынесен пожизненный приговор маньяку Вороненко, убивавшему только блондинок