Anatoly Biryukov
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Anatoly Biryukov Анатолий Бирюков | |
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Murder with aggravating circumstances | |
Criminal penalty | Death |
Details | |
Victims | 5 |
Span of crimes | September 16 – October 19, 1977 |
Country | Soviet Union |
State(s) | Moscow |
Date apprehended | October 24, 1977 |
Anatoly Nikolaevich Biryukov (Анатолий Николаевич Бирюков, February 18, 1939 – February 24, 1979), known as The Baby Hunter (
Background
Anatoly Nikolaevich Biryukov was born on 18 February 1939 in
General of the Soviet Army
. Biryukov was married with children.
Murders
Biryukov
stroller that had been left briefly unattended in front of an infant formula store on Marshal Biryuzov Street in Moscow. Later that day, the missing stroller was found empty and the baby was found dead in the hallway of an apartment building on the same street. Three days later Biryukov kidnapped his second victim, a three-month-old girl, when he seized a stroller from in front of the Children's World store on Prospekt Mira. The authorities began to suspect that they had a possible serial perpetrator, and launched one of the largest operations in Moscow police history looking for the missing baby. On October 17, the body of Biryukov's second victim was found in a landfill near Mamyrov, a village on the outskirts of Moscow. She showed signs of having suffered sexual assault
before death.
Arrest and conviction
On 24 October 1977, Biryukov attempted a kidnapping in Chekhov, a city south of Moscow city in Moscow Oblast. In the aftermath of the attempt, he was chased after by citizens who later described him to the investigators, leading to Biryukov's arrest. Three additional infant victims are attributed to Biryukov, believed to have been committed before his arrest.
In 1978, Biryukov was sentenced to
The murders were the subject of episode 206, titled "Empty Stroller" (Russian: "пустая коляска"), of the
defense attorney.[4] According to the presenter of the NTV show, Leonid Kanevsky, the Soviet authorities avoided publicizing the Biryukov case in part because of the status of Biryukov's father, Nikolai Biryukov, a decorated army general and war hero.[5]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-5699271429.
- ^ a b А. И. Ракитин, "«Социализм не порождает преступности...» (серийная преступность в СССР: попытка историко-криминалистического анализа)", 2008-2009, web pages 5 to 6, web site "Загадочные преступления прошлого" (murders.ru), retrieved 2013-8-5
- ^ Дело: Бирюков Анатолий Николаевич. with "Крайние даты дела: 20 сентября 1978 - 27 марта 1979". (part of "ВЕРХОВНЫЙ СОВЕТ РСФСР. ОПИСЬ: Дела по ходатайствам о помиловании осужденных к высшей мере наказания за 1978-1985 гг.") (cached version), GARF website, retrieved 2013-8-6
- ^ Следствие вели... Archived 2014-05-02 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 2013-4-8
- ^ NTV footage, last 5 minutes of the show