The death toll exceeds the 48 murdered by "chessboard killer" Alexander Pichushkin, and the 52 murdered by Andrei Chikatilo during the Soviet era. Tyre marks from Popkov's Niva car were found next ...

While chronicling the pursuit of a serial killer who claimed 52 victims over ... t shy away from the epidemic of death caused by Andrei Chikatilo or the barbarity of the crimes he committed.