He had a difficult childhood: his parents were chronic alcoholics who constantly beat him and even threatened to kill him, something for which his father was repeatedly tried.
When his father became seriously ill and died in one of the family's rooms, instead of going to the police his mother began instead to bring in lovers and have sex with them, all in front of her son.
[4] From 1987 to 1989 there were no murders due to Tsiuman's enlistment in the Russian army and serving on the missile forces team.
On 26 November 1992, the killer was detained by two random strangers named Mikurov and Chizhevsky[6] when attempting to commit another murder.
The verdict was displayed all across Russia, the trial was televised, as well as a post-trial interview with Tsiuman where he described more fully his crimes and motives.
[6] He is currently serving his sentence in the Black Dolphin Prison in Sol-Iletsk, located in the Orenburg Oblast, where he is scheduled to be released very soon.