[1] The Bychkov family resided in a house bought by Alexander's paternal grandmother, near Belinsky, and two years later his younger brother Sergei was born.

[2] Bychkov, who called himself "Rambo", committed more murders over the next few years, targeting mainly men who suffered from alcoholism or were homeless.

[4][5] Bychkov decided to kill in the warm seasons in order to make the police suspect temporary migrant workers.

[6] The first dismembered corpse was found in the Spring of 2010 which belonged to Sergei Berezovsky, an ex-partner of Alexander's mother, Irina Bychkova.

[6] On the night of 21 January 2012[5] Alexander Bychkov broke into a hardware store, stealing three knives and money totaling 9,908 Russian rubles (equivalent to US$320 now)[7] but he was arrested several days later.

[3][8] Police found in his home a personal diary in which the author, calling himself a "lone wolf", claimed to be responsible for 11 murders.

[1][5] Lyubov Zhuplova, mother of Alexander Zhuplov, made a petition to Rashid Nurgaliyev at the time of his service as the Minister of Internal Affairs in Russia, asking for reviewing the case of her son.