Andrei Chikatilo, known as “The Red Ripper,” “The Butcher of Rostov” and the “The Rostov Ripper,” was a Soviet serial killer known for committing sexual assaults, murders, and mutilations of women and children between 1978 and 1990. The killer confessed to at least 52 of the homicides and in April 1992 was tried for 53 of them. After being convicted and sentenced for 52 deaths, he was executed in 1994.
The Butcher of Rostov
Andrei Chikatilo, known as “The Red Ripper,” “The Butcher of Rostov” and the “The Rostov Ripper,” was a Soviet serial killer known for committing sexual assaults, murders, and mutilations of women and children between 1978 and 1990. The killer confessed to at least 52 of the homicides and in April 1992 was tried for 53 of them. After being convicted and sentenced for 52 deaths, he was executed in 1994.