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In Ivanovo Region, woman held on suspicion of kidnapping and killing child

At about 7 PM, 2 September 2016, the Ivanovo Region Office of the Investigative Committee in cooperation with operatives of the Ivanovo Region Office of the Ministry of the Interior and Liza-Alert volunteer team found the dead body of a girl kidnapped this afternoon in a river in Kharinka park in the town of Ivanovo.

As became known earlier, a woman kidnapped the girl from a pram near a residential building in Melanzhevaya Street in the town of Ivanovo while a girl’s relative was away. Her actions have been reclassified from Part 2, item “e” of Article 126 (kidnapping of a minor) to Part 2, item “c” of Article 105 of the RF Penal Code (kidnapping-related murder of a minor).

At present, the suspect is being questioned about all the details of the crime. A forensic medical inquiry has been assigned.

The investigation is ongoing.