When he was at home, instead of caring for his blind mother, he stole money, starved and beat her when she attempted to shame him.
Because of this, at the age of 14, he was sent for three years to the Kashirskaya special school, where children from dysfunctional families and juvenile criminals were kept.
Returning from the special school in June 1982, he already knew he wouldn't be living according to the laws or standards of society.
Once, for no particular reason, he splashed hydrochloric acid into another prisoner's face, blinding him, for which Kuzmin received another 5 years.
In mid-April 1993, he met a 13-year-old boy named Denis Kalistratov near the Tsaritsyn orphanage, who was as lonely and dependent as Kuzmin himself was.
This was the first encounter between Kalistratov and Kuzmin, with Denis eventually coming to terms with his lot and beginning to live with his older suitor.
When Vladimir V. got there, he was raped by Kuzmin and then suffocated with a pillow by Kalistratov, his body was subsequently thrown into the Moskva River.
The authorities identified him late in the evening as a 15-year-old by the name of Vladimir K., who had been away from his home for two days, thanks to overlaps and recent events.
He was last supposed to visit the apartment of a friend named Denis Kalistratov on 25 September 1997, who had promised to sell him marijuana.