In his youth, he was aggressive, and in the senior classes always demanded money from weaker classmates and lower grade students, and then from passers-by.
However, Dmitry's behavior did not change and just a few days after the move, he robbed two women's valuables, and was soon detained by police officers.
For some time Dmitry lived with his mother and brothers in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, but in March 2005 he returned to Saransk.
On September 1, 2005, Balakin met with 20-year-old student Kristina Fedyakina, who was returning home late at night, and volunteered to accompany her to her house, to which she agreed.
In the evening of September 8, 2005, Balakin met with student Ekaterina Tarasova near a store, and offered to accompany her home, to which she agreed.
In the first secluded place, he raped and then strangled her with jacket sleeves, then took her wallet, earrings, gold cross and a ring from her hand, fleeing afterwards.
Two weeks later, on September 22, 2005, Balakin got acquainted with one more student - Yulia Lanchina, with whom he spent several hours visiting the café and the club, raping and then strangling her with her own sneakers' laces a few meters from her house.
[1] On September 24, 2005, Balakin stole a car from the autoshop he worked at, in order to "ride", but failed to manage it and hit a pole at high speed.
After some time in the elevator of an apartment, Balakin attacked Maria Perminova, but her husband struck the maniac in the groin, forcing him to run away from the scene.
On September 25, 2006, the court found Dmitry Balakin guilty of murdering three people, as well as multiple rapes and robberies, and sentenced him to life imprisonment in a special regime colony.