Valery Kopytov

Valery Kopytov (Russian: Валерия Копытова; born 1971), known as the Barnaul Chikatilo (Russian: Барнаульский Чикатило), is a Russian serial killer who murdered 19 homeless people in Altai Krai between 2000 and 2004.[1]

Valery Kopytov
Born
Valery Kopytov

1971 (age 51–52)
Barnaul, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Other namesBarnaul Chikatilo
Conviction(s)Murder
Robbery
Criminal penalty25 years imprisonment
Details
Victims19
Span of crimes
2000–2004
CountryRussia
State(s)Altai
Date apprehended
2005

Early life

Little information is known publicly about Kopytov's early life. In 1998, 27-year-old Kopytov was released from prison after serving a sentence for mercenary crimes. After his release, he moved in with his father in Barnaul and failed to find friends or employment. Dissatisfied with his life, he left home and built a dugout beneath the New Bridge beside the Ob River.[2]

Crimes

In 2004 or 2005, investigators discovered 13 corpses buried in the vicinity of the New Bridge. Later, they were led to Valery Kopytov, after a friend reported him to the police after he told him of his crimes.[1] Kopytov was arrested and led investigators to an additional six bodies buried around the cities of Novoaltaysk, Zarinsk and Biysk. His victims were stabbed or beaten to death with heavy objects.[3]

Kopytov told investigators that most of the victims were fellow homeless people that he got into quarrels with, while some others he killed to steal their belongings. Due to his cooperation with law enforcement, he avoided a life sentence, instead receiving 25 years in prison, ten to be spent in prison and 15 in a special regime colony.[1] If he is still incarcerated, he will be released in 2030, when he will be 59 years old.

See also

References
  1. "In Altai, the killer of 19 homeless people received 25 years in prison" (in Russian). NEWSru. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  2. "Barnaul "Chikatilo" lived in a dugout behind the New Bridge, where prosecutors found a burial of 13 corpses" (in Russian). www.bankfax.ru. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  3. "Homeless man killed 19 people" (in Russian). www.altapress.ru. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
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