Yuri Sparikhin
Yuri Sparikhin (Russian: Юрий Спарихин; born 1963) is a Russian serial killer and rapist who murdered four people in Krasnodar Krai between 1980 and 2020.[1]
Yuri Sparikhin | |
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| Born | Yuri Sparikhin 1963 (age 59–60) |
| Conviction(s) | Murder x4 Rape |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment |
| Details | |
| Victims | 4 |
Span of crimes | 1980–2020 |
| Country | Soviet Union, Russia |
| State(s) | Krasnodar Krai |
Date apprehended | August 20, 2020 |
Background
Sparikhin was born in 1963. He was reported to have been prone to aggression and sadistic behavior since childhood. In 2001, one of his relatives was imprisoned for the murder of two or more people, including a child.[2]
Crimes
Sparikhin received his first prison sentence at age 14, after his release he beat a neighbor named Nadezhda to death. She was last seen by relatives leaving home to go for a walk with a can of moonshine, and was later found beaten to death and unrecognizable. Sparikhin was arrested and given a ten-year sentence. Three years were added to his sentence after he stole from a stall in prison.[2] After his release, he continued to commit various crimes, such as embezzlement and rape.[1]
In 2000, Sparikhin killed two young girls and spent 20 years in prison for the crime, being released on June 19, 2020. On August 14 in Novorossiysk he approached a 34-year-old woman in a courtyard and threatened her at knifepoint, he led her to a nearby car where he raped her. He drove the woman around the city until that night when he pulled over in a deserted area, raped her again and left her. The woman reported the incident to police, leading to Sparikhin being detained on August 17, he escaped and was put on the federal wanted list.[3] During a rape and car robbery after his escape, he killed a 40-year-old woman in Krasnodar.[2] On August 20, he refused to stop for traffic police and led them on a chase, Sparikhin eventually crashed and was detained.[3]
Imprisonment
On June 16, 2021, while walking around the prison yard in the pre-trial detention center in Krasnodar, Sparikhin attacked a prison inspector with a homemade weapon, the inspector was left with an abrasion on his nose, he then attacked another prison employee in a stairwell, wounding his eye. Sparikhin was charged for the prison attacks and admitted guilt.[4][5] In 2022, he received an additional nine years to his life sentence for the incident, which is being served at a special regime colony.[1]
References
- "Cruel maniac from Novorossiysk added 9 years to life imprisonment" (in Russian). www.bloknot-novorossiysk.ru. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ""Terrible man": in the Kuban decided the fate of a recidivist killer" (in Russian). www.gazeta.ru. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- "A particularly dangerous criminal raped a resident of Novorossiysk twice, threatening her with a knife" (in Russian). www.yuga.ru. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- "A maniac from Novorossiysk, Yuri Sparikhin, attacked and wounded two inspectors in a pre-trial detention center in Krasnodar" (in Russian). www.ngnovoros.ru. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- "Murderer and rapist wounded two inspectors of the Federal Penitentiary Service in the Krasnodar detention center" (in Russian). www.primamedia.ru. Retrieved July 24, 2023.