A terrible sight appeared before the representatives law enforcement. Even experienced operatives shuddered. They searched for Vanya Kotov for three weeks, but found Vanya’s body a hundred meters from the house. Moreover, the killer himself showed where exactly he buried the corpse of ten-year-old Vanya Kotov. When investigative actions were carried out, the residents of Kasley tried to commit lynching. The operatives saved the killer from execution.
The child was dug up and taken away in three bags. Vanya was stripped to the waist. Most likely he was raped. But while it is not truly known, it is necessary to wait for the expert opinion. The boy has a fatal wound on his head with an axe. Vanya was cut into pieces with the same ax, so it was more convenient for the killer to bury the child’s remains in the garden.
As can be seen from Vanya’s birth certificate, the boy did not live only two weeks before his birthday. But Vanya’s mother hoped to celebrate it with the living Vanya.
The operatives did not find the killer immediately, only after a few days. The police carried out checks on all those who were serving sentences in prison. Andrei Shamygin, like all suspected former prisoners, passed a polygraph. And then he gave himself away, trying to escape.
The criminal is 29 years old, he was born in the city of Ozersk. He was caught three times for robbery, theft and drugs. He was released from prison in October 2016. Having met a woman, he moved to live with her in Kasli. The maniac’s house was located close to the Kotovs’ house, where Vanya lived with his mother. Vanya, on his way to school every day, passed by Shamygin’s house. On the day of the murder, Vanya rode his bicycle to the school library. The killer met him on the road. The gullible child succumbed to the killer’s persuasion and went to Shamygin’s home. This was the child's fatal mistake. At home, Shamygin killed him.
Shamygin is currently detained. After two days, he will be charged.
The maniac, as the investigation revealed, constantly studied information on the Internet about the progress of the search for the murdered child, the site reports. Thus, Shamygin was aware of the progress of the investigation.
The entire Russian-speaking population of our planet watched what was happening with anxious anticipation of the search results. The city of Kasli was in great tension. People began to fear for their children. After all, it is unknown where the killer is walking. Or maybe he's waiting for his prey somewhere behind the trees. Maybe near the school. People really hoped that Vanya would still be found alive. But the miracle did not happen. The child only graduated from fourth grade and did not live to see his birthday. How can this be forgiven for a murderer, readweb.org reports. People convey words of grief and hope to the family in connection with such a loss. His composure simply amazed the locals. As he showed the burial place of the dismembered Vanya. Not a single muscle flinched. Maniacs are mostly very modest, law-abiding citizens. Very well adapted to society. There are not only single people, but also family men. Such a person, as a rule, makes a good impression, is charming, takes care of his appearance and well-being, easily gets along with people. But it’s scary to think what’s hidden in his head.
On July 11, Vanya was buried in Kasly, a boy whom the whole city had been searching for for almost a month. Now we already know that for all 25 days of desperate searches and hopes, Vanya was not alive, and his body rested in the garden next door to his home.
The whole city came to say goodbye to Vanya: almost every family accepted the tragedy as their own.
You can’t help but love Vanya - he’s an open, kind, cheerful boy. He was friends with everyone, easily found a common language, says family friend Alevtina Beketova.
This goat had to be baled and cut into pieces himself, just like he did with Vanya. It’s a pity that he was immediately taken to prison,” the 16-year-old teenager mutters through clenched teeth. The old lady next to her doesn’t even stop her grandson, she thinks so too. Everyone here craves revenge.
“VANYA, LET’S GO FOR A WHILE!”
Today the following picture of the tragedy emerges. On June 14, fourth-grader Vanya left home on a bicycle to the library. He needed to get his fifth grade textbooks.
Vanya, let's just go there and back for a little while. “I’m waiting for you,” my mother shouted.
Vanya turned onto the main street and moved towards the canal. After about 200 meters, a young man appeared from the gate of a neighbor’s house. Vanya had seen him before - a smiling, friendly guy. Only that day he was very drunk.
“Let’s go have some tea,” he suggested to the boy.
Vanya refused, citing that he was in a hurry. But the murderer waylaid the child on the way back.
He hit him on the head four times with the butt of an ax, dismembered him and buried him in the garden,” the child’s grandmother told the terrible details.
THE CELL PHONE TURNED OFF NEAR THE KILLER'S HOUSE
The killer threw the boy’s bicycle into the car and threw it outside the city, dismantling it into pieces... And then he began to carefully monitor the search for Vanya. He, like all those previously convicted, was tested by investigators using a polygraph. But the results did not come immediately.
Already when the search engines stopped working, having combed 200 km of forests and fields, forensic experts reported that they noticed nervous fluctuations on the lie detector of one of the local residents - 29-year-old Andrei Sh., three times convicted of theft, robbery and drugs.
According to a source close to the investigation, one more detail spoke against Andrei: the detectives requested data cellular communications and found out that Vanya’s phone stopped sending signals not far from the house where the suspect lived. A couple of days later, the man was detained, and he confessed, telling where he hid the child’s body.
“WHEN I DRINKED, I DID A LOT OF STUPID THINGS”
The detainee is a worker from Ozersk with three prison sentences. On the page on social networks there is a smiling guy, surrounded by a cheerful company.
I personally know Andrei and the news that he is a murderer came as a shock to me. He was a kind man, easy to talk to, he despised murderers and rapists - we talked about this a lot. I couldn’t pass by if someone was being offended. But prison greatly changed his worldview, he began to drink a lot and, under the influence of alcohol, became not himself, and did a lot of stupid things. He understood this and often said: “I can’t drink, I don’t know what I’m doing.” Many times he wanted to be coded, but his drinking buddies always dissuaded him, said former colleague Stanislav Vodenko.
On the day of the murder, the man was also drugged with alcohol and during interrogations had difficulty motivating his action: “I don’t remember anything.” However, there is a reason.
Investigators told us that during his last sentence he was raped. This broke his psyche, and he decided to take revenge for his humiliation. Our Vanya became the victim,” she told the newspaper “ TVNZ» - Chelyabinsk » boy’s grandmother.
“BAD” HOUSE Abandoned by the OWNERS
What was he doing in Kasli? I was visiting a friend who lived in a private house with her blind mother. Local residents don't know this family well. They say they moved here quite recently and were not friends with anyone.
It seems to me that this lady knew everything, but Andrei intimidated her. Because it is impossible not to notice a person’s body in your house and in your garden, old women gossip.
Now the “bad” house is locked with a barn lock; along the perimeter there are bouquets of field daisies - these are local residents bringing flowers. The owners left and most likely will not return - otherwise people will tear it to pieces. The accused himself is in jail, an investigation is underway. And the Kotovs...
They are not going to leave anywhere. They will stay to live here. Vanya is buried here. Let those who did this leave,” says Sergei Yasnin, a relative of the child’s family.
THE TERRIBLE DETAILS OF THE MURDER OF VANYA KOTOV HAVE BEEN KNOWN The body of the boy, whom thousands of people were looking for in Kasly, was buried a hundred meters from his parents’ house. The killer himself showed where he hid the corpse of a ten-year-old child. During investigative actions, local residents were ready to tear the scum to pieces. From the lynching of Andrei Shamygin, who was convicted three times https://vk.com/id161423072 rescued by operatives. The child's body was dug up and carried out in three bags. On June 14, a child rode a bicycle to school to return books to the library. It is located at a decent distance from the house. On the way, the student disappeared. During the twenty days of searching, thousands of people worried about the fate of Vanya Kotov. “If only he was alive” - this phrase sounded like a spell, everyone repeated it. Except for one person who knew for sure that Vanya Kotov had been dead for a long time. A little boy was chopped up with an ax and buried in his garden. But the killer was looking for the schoolboy along with everyone else, and in the evenings he read messages about the progress of the search on social networks. Andrey Shamygin https://vk.com/id161423072 born in Ozersk. He graduated from school and college there. He was convicted three times for theft, robbery and drugs. The last time he left the colony was in October last year. On the Internet, the guy met a woman from Kasli and moved to live with her. Shamygin's house was located not far from the Kotovs' house. Every time, on the way to school, Vanya passed by the site of his future death. On the day of the murder, Shamygin called out to a boy who was riding a bicycle to the library. He lured me into his house. Under what pretext is still unknown, but the child could go look at the kittens, help with the car, etc. This gullibility cost him his life. When the body was found, the boy was naked from the waist down. Most likely he was raped. The Investigative Committee neither confirmed nor denied this version - they are awaiting the conclusion of forensic experts. The dead Vanya's head was pierced by a heavy object. Presumably with an axe. The same one that was then used to chop the boy into pieces to bury in the garden. The detainee himself showed the place where the remains were hidden; he also confessed to the murder. “We managed to find him when they began to check more than a hundred people who had previously served sentences in places of deprivation of liberty for possible involvement in the commission of a crime,” said Alexander Skorik, assistant to the head of the Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Region. Andrei Shamygin gave himself away during a polygraph test. Immediately after passing the detector, he tried to escape. Now the suspect has been detained, and in two days a preventive measure will be chosen for him. At the same time, investigators are collecting evidence and interrogating Shamygin’s partner. A woman could know that a man killed a child and remain silent about it. The investigation of the criminal case is under the control of the central apparatus of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. If Andrei Shamygin’s guilt is confirmed, the residents of Kasley promise to create a petition asking for a life sentence for the killer of the boy who never lived to see his eleventh birthday.
In the Chelyabinsk region, the search for 10-year-old Vanya Kotov continues. According to his parents, the boy rode his bicycle to the library, but never returned home. However, this is not the only version of the disappearance. Rescuers, police, dog handlers and volunteers are looking for the child. Local authorities promise a reward of one million rubles.
Where did Vanya Kotov disappear to? The newspapers of the Chelyabinsk region are full of such headlines. The disappearance of a ten-year-old boy in Kasly has kept people in suspense for more than two weeks, reports . On the fourteenth of June at eleven in the morning, a child rode a bicycle to school to get textbooks and was never seen again. The search area was two hundred square kilometers. Volunteers also took part in them.
However, even massive searches did not yield any results. Many versions and rumors have appeared on social networks. Someone saw a child being forcibly put into a black car. Someone that a similar boy was hit at a pedestrian crossing. These versions were never confirmed.
During the second week of searching, new information emerged. The day before the child’s disappearance, the family went fishing on Lake Svetloye. There Vanya had a strong quarrel with his older brother. Local media also report that it was on June 13 that the last call was recorded on Vanya’s phone. On the same day, when he left home, his mobile phone was completely turned off. Information also appeared that he entered social media. But from different places and with different devices. According to unofficial information, the Kotov family has already been polygraphed several times, as suspicions arose that the parents were hiding something. They, in turn, recorded their video message in the hope that their son would see it.
The search engines checked the entire area, all the abandoned buildings where teenagers usually like to hang out. Everything is to no avail.
“There is a possibility that the child drowned. At the moment, this information has not been confirmed. That is, we are not aware of it. Specialists continue to work. Specialists from our service, specialists from the main department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia,” said the deputy head of the search and rescue service of the Chelyabinsk region Denis Garifullin.
The rescuers themselves do not believe that the child could have drowned. If there was an accident on the water, then at least some things would remain on the shore. However, neither the child's backpack nor his bicycle have been found yet. Volunteers stopped working on Monday. But the search for the boy does not stop.
“Currently, search operations are ongoing, in which more than 100 police officers are involved. In addition, the special-purpose aviation detachment of the Russian Guard of the Chelyabinsk Region is participating in the search,” said Olga Shterk, head of the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Chelyabinsk Region.
The case turned out to be so unclear that the head of the region, Boris Dubrovsky, decided to offer a reward of one million rubles for information that would help find Ivan Kotov.
Ekaterina Gogoleva, TV Center.
The body of the boy, whom thousands of people were looking for in Kasli, was buried a hundred meters from his parents’ house
The alleged killer revealed where he hid the body of a ten-year-old child. During the investigation, local residents were ready to tear him to pieces. Andrei Shamygin, who was convicted three times, was saved from lynching by operatives. The child's body was dug up and carried out in three bags. Shamygin, handcuffed and under escort, was quickly put into a car and driven away.
Photo from the VK page
The boy was found dead two weeks before his birthday. His mother said that this holiday was his favorite. One of the reasons is, of course, the gift that the parents will give. The family is not rich, but good. Dad took his son fishing and took him for a ride in the car. And it was great to sit in the kitchen with my mother and chat about everything in the world. True, you can’t tell your mother everything, of course. How can she boast that yesterday she jumped off a cliff into the water, she will be worried?
In the summer, the schoolboy spent whole days on the street with a group of boys. I swam and climbed through abandoned police and engineering plant buildings. Peers say that the deceased was a brave guy and very kind. Loved animals. On his VK page there are many more photos of kittens and puppies than cool cars.
On June 14, a child rode a bicycle to school to return books to the library. On the way he disappeared. I wasn’t in the library, my friends didn’t see me. The next day, his mother wrote in the “Overheard in Kasly” group about her son’s disappearance. The search began. Volunteers from the “Legion-SPAS” and “Liza-Alert” detachments immediately arrived in Kasli, and volunteers stepped up. Three days later, the search group increased to 500 people. In the search for the teenager, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, volunteers, dog handlers with six shepherd dogs took part, and quadcopters flew. Over the course of three weeks, 260 houses were checked, past which the boy might have driven on the day of his disappearance. Garages and recreation centers were inspected, and bodies of water were explored. For information about the missing person, the governor of the Chelyabinsk region promised a reward of one million rubles.
There are leaflets around the city with information about the boy. Groups have been created on social networks to search for him. They constantly appear that the child was found either alive or dead. Within twenty days, thousands of people began to worry about the student’s fate. “If only he were alive,” everyone repeats like a mantra. All except one person who knows for sure that the child has been dead for a long time.
The suspect in his murder, Andrei Shamygin, was born in Ozersk. He graduated from school and college there. Was convicted three times for theft, robbery and drugs. The last time he left the colony was in October last year. On the Internet, the guy met a woman from Kasli and moved to live with her. Shamygin's house is located not far from the house of the family of the deceased boy. Every time, on the way to school, the child passed by him. As Shamygin told investigators, he called out to a schoolboy who was riding a bicycle to the library. He lured me into his house. It is not known for certain under what pretext, but the child could have gone to look at the kittens, help with the car, etc. This gullibility cost him his life, investigators believe.
When the body was found, the boy was naked from the waist down. Whether there was rape will be determined by a forensic examination. The dead child's head was pierced with a heavy object. Presumably with an axe. The body was dismembered and buried in the garden. The detainee showed the place when he confessed to the murder. “We managed to find him when they began to check more than a hundred people who had previously served sentences in places of deprivation of liberty for possible involvement in the commission of a crime,” said Alexander Skorik, assistant to the head of the Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Region. Andrei Shamygin behaved strangely during a polygraph test. Immediately after passing the detector, he tried to escape, but was caught.
Now the suspect has been detained, and in two days a preventive measure will be chosen for him. At the same time, investigators are collecting evidence and interrogating Shamygin’s partner. The investigation of the criminal case is under the control of the central apparatus of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. Castleis residents want to start a petition asking for a life sentence for the killer of a boy who never lived to see his eleventh birthday.