Word: chikatilo
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Dates: during 1992-1992
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...Andrei Chikatilo, the Russian serial sex killer, was sentenced to death by shooting in the city of Rostov-on-Don, convicted of the brutal murders of 52 women and children during a 12-year rampage through southern Russia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. The prosecution presented chilling evidence of how the quiet, bespectacled former schoolteacher smashed his victims' eardrums, gouged out their eyes and then feasted on their sexual organs. As the sentence was read out, the courtroom erupted in turmoil, with one mother yelling, "Give him to us! Let us have...
...Andrei Chikatilo -- identified only as "Ch" in the press until his trial began last week -- was arrested in November 1990 after one of the biggest manhunts in the Soviet Union's history. The suspect, 56, is a father and grandfather from Rostov-on-Don who worked as a teacher of literature before accusations that he molested a student led to his dismissal. He is charged with killing 53 young men and women in 12 years but has confessed to even more. The trial is expected to last several weeks or months; if convicted, Chikatilo is likely to get the death...