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A former police officer jailed for murdering 22 women received a second life sentence on Monday for the murder of 56 more people, making him one of modern Russia’s deadliest serial killers.
Dubbed the “maniac of Angarsk” after his home city in Siberia, 54-year-old Mikhail Popkov drove victims to secluded spots where he killed them with axes, knives or screwdrivers. Some were also raped.
He was detained in the Russian Far East in 2012 two decades after he began his killing spree and was sentenced to life imprisonment in January 2015 for 22 murders and two attempted murders.

He confessed to 60 more crimes, including 59 murders, after he was convicted.
Investigators said on Monday that Popkov had provided evidence allowing officers to exhume the remains of victims killed 15 to 20 years ago, along with their personal effects and the weapons he had used to kill them.
Investigators said Popkov’s victims were women aged from 16 to 40. He also killed one man, a fellow police officer.
Russia’s ‘werewolf’ serial killer on trial for 59 more murders
A state prosecutor told the court that Popkov had a phenomenal ability to recall minute details of his crimes, including the clothes, tattoos and jewellery worn by his victims, RIA news agency reported.
Andrei Chikatilo, known as the Rostov Ripper, was convicted in 1992 of killing over 50 people. He was executed.
In 2007, supermarket worker Alexander Pichushkin was convicted of killing 48 people. He became widely known as the chessboard killer as he had hoped to put a coin on every square of a 64-square chessboard for each of his victims.


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Mikhail Popkov, the ‘maniac of Angarsk’, convicted of 56 more murders in Russia

Mikhail Popkov stands inside a defendants' cage during a court hearing in Irkutsk on December 10, 2018. - A Siberian policeman who raped and killed women after offering them late-night rides was found guilty of dozens more murders on December 10, 2018, making him Russia's most prolific serial killer of recent times. A court in the city of Irkutsk found Mikhail Popkov guilty of 56 murders between 1992 and 2007, sentencing him to a second life term. He was already in prison after being convicted of killing 22 women in 2015. (Photo by Anton KLIMOV / AFP)

Mikhail Popkov, a former police officer, during a verdict announcement at the Irkutsk Regional Court in the city of Irkutsk, eastern Siberia, Russia, in 2015 when he was convicted of 22 murders. He was given an additional life sentence on Monday for 56 additional killings. Photo: EPA-EFE

Mikhail Popkov, Russia’s ‘werewolf’ serial killer, goes on trial for 59 more murders

Serial killer Mikhail Popkov in an interview with Russia-1 TV. Photo: Russia-1

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Already jailed for 22 murders, Popkov received a second life sentence on Monday
Investigators said Popkov’s victims were women, aged from 16 to 40, and one man


Popkov drove victims to secluded spots where he killed them with axes, knives or screwdrivers. Some were also raped.


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Mikhail Popkov, the ‘maniac of Angarsk’, convicted of 56 more murders in Russia

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;}Already jailed for 22 murders, Popkov received a second life sentence on Monday Investigators said Popkov’s victims were women, aged from 16 to 40, and one man

Already jailed for 22 murders, Popkov received a second life sentence on Monday

Investigators said Popkov’s victims were women, aged from 16 to 40, and one man