Kaliningrad maniac committed suicide

A resident of Kaliningrad Vladimir Romanov, accused of killing nine girls, committed suicide in a pre -trial detention center # 1 on the night of Wednesday to Thursday. A source in the Uin of the Kaliningrad region said this to Gazeta.ru.

The prosecutor's office of the Central District of Kaliningrad on Thursday began a check on suicide. As the prosecutor of the Central District Vladimir Aleshin told the publication, there are currently no grounds for initiating a criminal case.

According to the source in the regional administration of the execution of punishments, Romanov hanged himself on a rope woven from a sheet.

On October 6, the Kalinigrad court charged Romanov of the murders of nine girls from 11 to 20 years old and one attempt on the murder. The offender was previously convicted of rape of a minor, but was released from prison in 2001. In the same year, he began to commit his crimes, engaged in private carrier.