In Zaporozhye, police solved a murder committed back in 2000. 25 years later, law enforcement officers detained a man who, at the age of 14, killed a woman for money..

He committed a serious crime with the accomplice. This was reported in the press service of the police of the Zaporizhzhya region.

According to law enforcement officials, in 2000, a 14-year-old local resident, together with a citizen of another state, committed a robbery against a 71-year-old woman.. For complicity, the partner promised him 400 hryvnias (for comparison - the amount of the average wage then amounted to 118 hryvnias).

During the attack, the minor held the woman and, without calculating his strength, strangled her. The attackers disappeared from the scene of the crime, but left the "

The murder remained unsolved until October 2024, when the defendant, who was already 39 years old, committed another offense - this time in the territory of the Nikolaev region. At this time, some matches were found in forensic records.

Employees of the regional police criminal investigation department, operatives and investigators of the police department No. 2 (Aleksandrovsky) of the Zaporizhzhya district police department as part of comprehensive investigative-operational measures carried out painstaking work with operational and forensic bases, which as a result led a man and helped establish his involvement in the crime.

According to the investigation, the defendant at the age of 14 sold packages in one of the markets. There, the guy accepted the offer of a little-known foreigner to “earn extra money” and help take away from the woman the goods that she was storing for sellers from the local market. Accomplices entered the home of the 71-year-old victim at night. The guy threw the woman to the floor and held it by the throat, which led to strangulation. Then the attackers freely took the bags of clothes for sale and disappeared from the scene.

The minor never received the promised payment from the foreigner - for the sake of secrecy, they got into different vehicles and left in different directions. After that, the guy did not see his accomplice.

Currently, investigators under the procedural leadership of the Voznesenovskaya District Prosecutor's Office have informed the defendant of suspicion of committing crimes under Part. 4 tbsp. 187 (Robbery), p. 6 hours. 2 tbsp. 115 of the Criminal Code (Intentional murder) of Ukraine. The issue of choosing a preventive measure for him is being decided.

As part of a pre -trial investigation, police officers establish the identity and whereabouts of the second participant in the crime.

Let us remind you that in the Pechersky district of Kyiv, a conflict between relatives ended in murder. During a quarrel, a woman scored her 69-year-old mother with her arms and legs.

Earlier it was reported that in Kyiv they will be judged by a man who, according to the investigation, killed his civilian wife. The attacker poisoned the woman for months, as a result of which she died.