Andrei Chikatilo
Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo (Russian: Андрей Романович Чикатило; Ukrainian: Андрій Романович Чикатило, romanized: Andrii Romanovych Chykatylo; 16 October 1936 – 14 February 1994) was a Ukrainian-born Soviet serial killer nicknamed the Butcher of Rostov, the Rostov Ripper, and the Red Ripper who sexually assaulted, murdered, and mutilated at least fifty-two women and children between 1978 and 1990 in the Russian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR, and the Uzbek SSR.
Andrei Chikatilo | |
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| Андрей Чикатило | |
Mugshot of Chikatilo, taken after his arrest in November 1990. | |
| Born | 16 October 1936 Yabluchne [uk], Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR |
| Died | 14 February 1994 (aged 57) Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast, Russia |
| Cause of death | Execution by shooting |
| Other names | The Butcher of Rostov The Forest Strip Killer The Red Ripper The Rostov Ripper |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Spouse |
Feodosia Odnacheva
(m. 1963; div. 1992) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Details | |
| Victims | 52 convicted 53 tried 56+ claimed |
Span of crimes | 22 December 1978 – 6 November 1990 |
| Country | Soviet Union |
Date apprehended | 20 November 1990 |
Chikatilo confessed to fifty-six murders; he was tried for fifty-three murders in April 1992. He was convicted and sentenced to death for fifty-two of these murders in October 1992, although the Supreme Court of Russia ruled in 1993 that insufficient evidence existed to prove his guilt in nine of those killings. Chikatilo was executed by gunshot in February 1994.
Chikatilo was known as the "Rostov Ripper" and the "Butcher of Rostov" because he committed most of his murders in the Rostov Oblast of the Russian SFSR.