fromrussiawithcrime:fromrussiawithcrime: On 26 August of 2018, 29-year-oldKsenia Soltanova (second p
fromrussiawithcrime:fromrussiawithcrime: On 26 August of 2018, 29-year-oldKsenia Soltanova (second picture) and her close friend 28-year-old NataliaKuznetsova (first picture) decided to eat pizza on the beautiful Uktus slopes, near the Uktus Mountain Ski resort.At 9:30 p.m. they arrived there and waited until the delivery man brought whatwill become the last pizza in their lives. According to the security camerafootage of the ski resort, they had nobackpacks or purses on them, therefore some people believe that they weren’tgoing to spend the night there. Other sources, however, claim that Natalia andKsenia were going to stay until the morning to enjoy the beauty of the dawn. By approximately 10 p.m. they were at the different part of the territory from where, according to security camera footage,they were ambushed by an armed man. He exited the woods and gunned them both down. Then he moved their bodies to the woods. Ksenia died at the scene;Natalia that was injured in the head was found alive, but passed away a few dayslater at the hospital. While police refuse to share any information they haveabout the crime, private detectivesstated their own investigation and are determined to solve the mystery of the girls’ death. Thekiller was caught on the security camera, however the footage can’t help toidentify him because of the darkness that has become the perfect cover for hiscrime. Updates: The pizzadelivery man gave an interview to a local newspaper. He told that Ksenia and Natalia were in agood mood when he delivered pizza to them and that they were laughing. He alsosaid that after he found out that they were killed he spent a lot of timetrying to remember something that can help the investigation, but couldn’t. Locals also toldthe newspaper that police visited all the gun owners in the area, hoping to find the murder weapon. However, the gun hasn’t beenfound. Police thatmostly continue to remain silent about the case did admit that they plan tointerrogate thousands of locals as partof investigation. They also revealed that they have a physical evidence inthe case. They hope that cigarette buttleft by the killer will help them to crack the case. They are currently takingsaliva samples from pretty much everyone in the area.Investigators also found DNA of one of the victims’ brother, however, he has an alibi. The case washanded over to the organized crime unit.In the last weekof September of 2018, investigators from Moscow arrived to Uktus to help solving the case. Investigators do not exclude serial killer version. They believe that the killer can strike again. On 2 December, 2019, Russian police released a video with a man who was wandering around the future crime scene on the day prior to the murders. Investigators believe that he might be the killer they are looking for and offer one million Russian rublesreward to anyone who can help to identify the man or/and solve the case. -- source link