Shipilov claims his father then began to bring women and alcohol into their home.
In his early life, Shipilov received a secondary special education, served in the army, married, and had three children.
The victims' bodies were buried in the Primorsky District; they were found only after Shipilov was captured.
[2] On 16 January 1997, the Primorsky District Court sentenced him to eight years imprisonment in a general regime colony.
[3] Later, while serving his life sentence, Shipilov said that there was no rape: the sexual intercourse with the woman had been by mutual agreement, and that she had submitted a statement "in order to make money from it".
[4] Arriving in Colony UG-42/14 in Velsk, Shipilov came up with a unique scheme which he used to commit all his crimes.
When he returned later to the crime scene and found that the body had not been discovered, he buried it and decided to continue committing murders.
According to his confession made after his arrest, "he was sorry for the young virgins", so he switched to killing only middle-aged women.
He picked up women on deserted roads, and since the inside passenger door handle was removed, they had no way to escape from the truck.
On the way, he offered the women vodka and when he was refused, he stopped in a deserted place and killed them.
In one of the interviews, Shipilov told reporters that he only killed those victims he considered were prostitutes.
Demonstrating a sharp memory, he described in detail the atrocities and pointed out the burial locations with great accuracy.
He was sentenced to life imprisonment due to the moratorium in Russia on the death penalty.
[8] The Supreme Court of Russia upheld the verdict without change, and Shipilov was sent to the Black Dolphin Prison correctional facility in the city of Sol-Iletsk.
Experts do not rule out that Shipilov, in order not to return to the Black Dolphin, can stay in Arkhangelsk Central for a couple of years and possibly remember any other crimes he committed earlier.