Sergey Zastynchanu
| Sergey Zastynchanyu | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Sergey Vladimirovich Zastynchanyu 1980 Fălești, Moldovan SSR, Soviet Union |
| Other names | "The Koptevsky Maniac" |
| Conviction(s) |
4x counts of murder robbery |
| Criminal penalty | Life Imprisonment |
| Details | |
| Victims | 4 |
Span of crimes | June 2004–0ctober 2004 |
| Country | Russia |
| State(s) | Koptevo District |
Date apprehended | October 2004 |
Sergey Vladimirovich Zastynchanyu (born in 1980, Fălești, Moldovan SSR) is a Moldovan serial killer who operated mainly in the north of Moscow. He is known as the "Koptevsky maniac".
Biography
He was born in 1980 in Moldova. He grew up in the small town of Fălești, where he graduated from high school. In 1996, he was forced to leave for Russia to work, where he worked as a builder. On June 10, 2004, a 70-year old woman and her sister were killed by a kitchen knife in their apartament in an apartament building in the Moscow district of Koptevo. A month later, a 69-year old woman was killed in her apartament in an apartament house on Horoshevskoe highway. The attacker robbed the victim of 7,5 thousand rubles, and the second - 1,5 thousand rubles. Almost all the valuable items were left untouched, but it was later found that the killer only came for the money. Three months later, a criminal in the south-west of Moscow killed a single 67-year old lady in her apartament. During the investigation it was revealed that the apartament had recently been repaired. Neighbors reported that a young man was working there - a foreign worker from Moldova. The builders working with him later contacted him.
The criminal was detained in hot pursuit. During the search 60 thousand rubles and jewelry were found on him. Under the weight of the evidence, Zastynchanyu acknowledged his guilt. The forensic psychiatric examination showed that at the time of the murders, he was imputed and reported his actions. Zastynchanyu demanded his case to be examined with the participation of the jury, but he was found guilty of the murder of four people and robbery attacks. The jury found that the criminal does not deserve leniency. On June 7, 2005, the Moscow City Court found Sergey Zastynchanyu guilty under articles 105 (murder of two or more persons) and 162 (robbery) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and, on the basis of a combination of crimes, sentenced him to life imprisonment with a serving sentence in a correctional colony with a special regime. The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation left the verdict of the previous sentence unchanged.