He served his military service in the Airborne forces, as part of the GSFG, then studied at a pedagogical institute.
In 1994, Chizhov married and two years later had a daughter, but the family later split up, with the wife filing for divorce and taking the child.
During the investigation, she explained that the reason for the divorce was the fact that her husband constantly cheated on her, often drank, and also beat her and their daughter.
The story was publicized widely, with law enforcement agencies being accused of arbitrariness by the mass media.
To commit the crimes, Chizhov used his clients' cars, where he abducted girls from the streets of Birsk, or picked them up at hitchhiking spots.
The killer picked up a girl who hitchhiked on the road, took her to a deserted place, raped and tried to strangle her.
After receiving the results of the examination, which gave evidence against Chizhov, including the first crime for which he was not suspected, the criminal agreed to cooperate.
[2] Mindibayev and Minibaev received 8.5 years of imprisonment and were obliged to return the compensation amount paid after their first arrest.