On 28 July, 2016, 29-year-old Denis Danilov, armed with a knife and an axe, entered his 66-year
On 28 July, 2016, 29-year-old Denis Danilov, armed with a knife and an axe, entered his 66-year-old neighbours home in Krasnodar, Russia, through an unlocked door. Upon entering the house, he began to stab his neighbour in a frenzied attack and then turned his attention to her three grandchildren, two girls aged 7 and 9 and a boy aged 11. All four victims died at the scene having been stabbed in the neck. After the massacre, Denis immediately fled the scene. It must be noted that Denis’s mother, Elena, also helped to hide the traces of the crime and that she knew of his location which later resulted in Denis being detained. During the investigation, Denis revealed that the neighbours would troll his family and one day, he just had an urge to go to the house and kill them. Upon further investigation, it was uncovered that for several years, Denis’s mother, Elena illegally collected information about the personal and family life of the neighbours, making a hidden video of their daily lives, while turning Denis against them. Elena was also unhappy that the neighbouring children were constantly noisy. When investigators announced their intention to detain Elena, she, in order to avoid liability, announced her readiness to transfer 50 thousand rubles as a bribe. The detective warned her about criminal liability for these actions, but she still transferred the money, after which she was detained by police. After 2 years, Denis and his mother were convicted. Denis will spend the rest of his life in a special regime colony for the murder of his 66-year-old neighbour and her three grandchildren, committed with particular cruelty and the illegal entry into his neighbour’s house. His mother, Elena Danilova, was found guilty of incitement and complicity in the commission of this crime, violation of privacy and giving a bribe and was sentenced to 15 years in a penal colony. -- source link
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