Arrested on suspicion of rape and murder of 7-year-old Maria Borisova in the Kherson region hanged himself in a cell of a pre-trial detention center.

This is reported by the UP, referring to its sources in law enforcement.

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According to sources, the arrested person had a cellmate who in the morning saw that he had cut the sheets, made a rope out of them and hanged himself on the window.

On March 11, in the village of Schastlivoe, Kherson region, law enforcement officers found the body of 7-year-old Maria Borisova with traces of strangulation and rape.

Three days later, the murder suspect was detained. It turned out to be a 62-year-old local resident who had previously been repeatedly prosecuted for committing crimes against human life and health..