Investigators of the Vladimir Region Investigations Directorate of the Russia’s Investigative Committee continue investigating a criminal case over signs of crimes under paragraph “c” of part 2 of article 105 of the RF Criminal Code (murder of a small child) and paragraph “e” of part 2 of article 126 (kidnapping of a small child).
As it was earlier reported, in the afternoon of 19 June 2012, 5-year-old Bogdan Prakhov had been kidnapped from dacha society Mir near the town of Petushki by an unknown person. The next day, in the morning the boy’s body was found in the forest with traces of violent death.
Death of the small boy stirred active public response. Chairman of the Investigative Committee has taken investigation of the criminal case under personal control.
As the crime had not been solved on a hot scent, investigators and operations services lead meticulous round-the-clock work to consider the main versions of the murder. During the work the identikit was made based on witnesses’ testimonies and a psychological portrait of the assumed criminal was made. The circumstances of the crime were carefully restored based on examination of the crime scene, made using photo shooting from a helicopter, check of testimonies at the crime scene, investigation experiments with witnesses and a small child who had seen how Bogdan had been kidnapped.
More than 20 thousand people were questioned, including persons who have records for offences against persons and sexual abuses, those having psychiatric or drug abuse records and those prone to crimes.
To solve the crime the Investigative Committee and Main Crime Detection Directorate of Interior Ministry organized unprecedented measures to find the assumed killer. Investigators and criminologists sent more than 2 thousand instructions to carry out investigating operations in subjects of the Russian Federation.
During investigation specialists used modern techniques, based on which there were carried out more than 60 expert examinations, including forensic, DNA, dactylographic, trace, botanical, soil-science, scent, biological and others. Records of video dashcams and telephone communications at the scene were analyzed. With assistance of specialists of Central Office it was possible to get data allowing identifying the criminal. Main Forensic Directorate of the Investigative Committee has made more than 10 thousand DNA tests of biological samples.
At present investigators have information that genotype matches traces left by one of locals on the boy’s clothes.
Based on all data collected during investigation, 35-year-old Sergey Kozlov, resident of Petushki, invalid of second group with mental disease was detained on suspicion of kidnapping and murder of Bogdan Prakhov. At the moment investigators are working on the suspect.
Investigation is to be continued.
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