1990day.year
Andrei Chikatilo, one of the Soviet Union's most prolific serial killers, is arrested; he eventually confesses to 56 killings.
On November 20, 1990, Soviet authorities arrested Andrei Chikatilo, who later confessed to over 50 murders across the USSR.
Andrei Chikatilo, nicknamed the 'Rostov Ripper,' was taken into custody by KGB and Soviet police after a renewed investigation. He had been evading capture since the late 1970s while brutally murdering children and women across the Russian SFSR and Ukraine. Chikatilo's arrest ended one of the Soviet Union's longest and most chilling manhunts. He later confessed to 56 killings, detailing his crimes in chilling detail during interrogation. The case exposed failures in law enforcement and forensic methods under the Soviet system. Chikatilo was tried, convicted, and ultimately executed in 1994, marking a grim chapter in criminal history.
1990
Andrei Chikatilo
Soviet Union
serial killers