Surikov then said that he and his "colleague" would have to drive him to the nearby town of Aprelevka, but once they got inside, he and the accomplice attacked him - first by attempting to strangle him with a guitar string, then by stabbing him with a knife several times.
Later that same night, all three criminals were apprehended and charged with attempted murder and robbery after the police officers realized that they had gone to the crime scene in Surikov's own car without changing the license plate.
His involvement in the crime greatly puzzled both the authorities and the community alike - while Korotkov and Zadryadsky were known to engage in criminal behaviour, the participation of a relatively well-off traffic officer without any discernible motive seemed random.
[2] In the end, Korotkov and Zagryadsky were found to be sane, convicted and given long prison terms, but Surikov was deemed incompetent to stand trial and interned at a mental institution.
[1] He also had a large collection of knives and edged weaponry and would regularly stab dolls in rituals, but his delusions eventually grew worse, leading him to search for living beings to kill.
[3] Surikov's modus operandi consisted of attacking teenagers and young women in broad daylight, first choking them with a rope before stabbing them to death with a stiletto.
[4] On 10 September, while Parokhina was working during her vacation for extra income, Surikov snuck into the building and burst into the treatment room, where he stabbed her to death.
[4] In April 2009, Surikov, donning a mask and armed with a knife, attempted to rob a grocery store in the village of Petrovskoye, but only managed to steal 250 rubles.
[1] Soon afterwards, police searched his apartment, finding personal items that belonged to the murder victims, including Karpenko's watch, which had Surikov's fingerprints on it.
An ex-girlfriend testified that he had attempted to convince her to form a false alibi for him, while a friend claimed that whenever Surikov decided to speak, it was always about the Devil or how much he hated the church.
This decision was initially opposed by some of the victims' family members who believed that he had simply deceived the courts, but they eventually decided not to appeal the verdict.