Alexander Pichushkin is a serial killer, better known as the “Bitsevsky Maniac”. He received his nickname by the name of the Moscow forest park, in which he killed his victims. On his account more than 50 corpses. Pichushkina is often compared with the Rostov maniac Andrei Chikatilo, who also “hunted” in the forest belt.
Biography: childhood and youth
Alexander Yuryevich Pichushkin was born on April 9, 1974 in Mytishchi near Moscow. He lived in an incomplete family. Parents divorced when he was still a baby. Alexander and his mother changed their registration to the Zyuzinsky district of the capital. They settled in a house on Khersonskaya Street, which is located in close proximity to the Bitsevsky Forest Park.
In early childhood, Pichushkin received a head injury as a result of an accident. After that, his speech was partially impaired, which was reflected in the letter. At school, Alexander had poor performance. Then the mother decided to identify her son in a boarding school with a speech thesis bias. After his graduation, he continued his studies at the local vocational school, where he mastered the profession of a carpenter.
Pichushkin was not taken into the army because of a childhood injury. After undergoing a medical examination at the military registration and enlistment office, he was sent for treatment to a psychiatric clinic. It was short-lived. After treatment, Alexander got a job as a handyman in a local food store. Then he began to drink heavily and soon lost his job. Subsequently interrupted irregular earnings.
In 1992, he tried to get a job in the police. However, his candidacy was rejected for medical reasons.
The killings
He committed his first murder at 18. Pichushkin calmly did away with his failed accomplice, with whom he planned to commit a series of murders. He himself later recalled: "I realized that he was not capable of this, and the two of us would be quickly found. He just became a witness. Yes, and I needed to start my plan with someone …".
He threw his victims into the sewers. No body - no business. So the maniac thought. And they really could not catch him for a long time. He began to constantly kill since 2001. It was then that in Bitsevsky Park passersby with enviable regularity began to find the bodies of his victims.
It is noteworthy that Pichushkin did not kill casual passers-by, but only those with whom he was even a little familiar. According to him, the killings brought him enormous pleasure. However, the reprisal against a stranger did not "insert" him. Pichushkin needed to know the victim better, her plans for life and dreams. Only in this case, the murder evoked his emotions and pleasant sensations, comparable to orgasm. Rape and robbery were not interesting to him. He was impressed only by the death of the victim.
Pichushkin was caught in 2006. The court sentenced him to life imprisonment. He is serving his sentence in the cold Yamal, in the legendary Polar Owl. He sits alone in the cell, since even seasoned criminals are afraid to remain alone with him in a confined space.
