Igor Ptitsyn

[1] Neighbors described him as a well-dressed, polite man who lived with his elderly mother and didn't drink, smoke, or use profanity.

[2] In late August 2009, the half-naked body of 30-year-old Yulia Yu was discovered in a tree plantation near the street in Kazan's Aircraft Construction District.

After a lengthy search by police and volunteers, she was located three days later in a nearby tree plantation, alive but comatose and with a severe head injury.

Several hours later, she was found laying face-down without pants or underwear, having been raped and beaten to death with a blunt object.

[2] Due to modern developments in forensic science, Ptitsyn was arrested on 16 February 2021, after his DNA was connected to the murder of Yulia Yu.

[1][4] After hearing the news of his arrest, the mother of Dasha Maksimova suspected Ptitsyn of being responsible for the murder of her daughter and contacted the authorities.

Ptitsyn apologized before the court and asked for the most severe punishment, and as such, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in a special regime colony, where he remains today.