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MONSTER! Meet Russia's Most Dangerous Serial Killer Who Has Reportedly Raped And Killed About 200 Women
Aug 6, 2020
Russia’s most brutal serial killer, who has confessed to raping and killing 83 women and is suspected of a further 100 murders, says he sometimes wishes he had been executed.
Mikhail Viktorovich Popkov is known as "The Werewolf" and the "Angarsk maniac" because of the savage frenzied nature of his attacks.
He killed women with a variety of weapon including knives, axes, baseball bats, and screwdrivers, often mutilating the bodies horribly.
Now serving a life sentence in a penal colony where he has been put to work making face masks during the pandemic, he recently confessed to another two murders committed during the 1990s.
Mikhail Viktorovich Popkov
Police believe Popkov's final toll will be higher, with one senior investigator on his case predicting more than 100 and possibly “closer to 200”.
“There were moments when I thought the death penalty was better,” said father-of-one Popkov, 56, as he spoke about his life in the Russian penal system.
The Russian government has not allowed the death penalty since 1996. Before this, the condemned were shot to the back of the head by an executioner.
Speaking from behind bars in a detention centre in Irkutsk, Popkov expressed 'regret' if not remorse for his butchery.
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