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Investigating bodies of Moscow Main Investigations Directorate of the Russia’s Investigative Committee continue investigating a criminal case opened over a crime under part 2 of article 105 of the RF Penal Code (murder of two or more people).

Investigative Committee investigators and criminalists together with operative police officers during efficient search and investigative operations have detained a 20-year-old resident of Moscow Region Pavel Voytov and his 25-year-old friend from Moscow Yelena Lobacheva.

According to investigators, between July 2014 and February 2015, Voytov killed homeless people and alcoholics in Moscow. He did it in deserted places at nighttime. The investigators have revealed that Voytov committed seven murders and Lobacheva was involved in four of them. According to the suspect he wanted to “clean” the city.

Following a request of investigators a court has today ruled to place both suspects in custody until 27 March 2015.

Charges will be pressed soon against both of them. The investigators are going to find out all the circumstances of the crimes and to check if the suspects were involved in other crimes. The investigation is ongoing.