Quick Facts
Nicknames or Aliases: “The Werewolf” and the “Angarsk Maniac”
Offender Status: Deceased
MO: Rape, brutalization
Timespan of Crimes: 1992-1999
Date of Incarceration: June 23, 2012
Sentence: Convicted of 78 counts of Murder & Rape
Case Status: Closed
Number of Victims: suspected 80+ victims
Location of Crimes: Russia
Summary of Mikhail Popkov’s Crimes
“He killed women with instruments including knives, axes, baseball bats, and screwdrivers, and mutilated the bodies so grotesquely that Russian media ascribed the crimes to “The Werewolf” and the “Angarsk maniac” (Wikipedia).
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