Soviet hockey goalie Viktor Tolmachev was killed in Moscow. His daughter was detained on suspicion of murder

Soviet hockey goalie Viktor Tolmachev found murdered in Moscow. This is reported by Moskovsky Komsomolets and Interfax with reference to unnamed sources .

According to the agency, Tolmachev was found “with signs of violent death” in an apartment on Open Highway. MK reports that Tolmachev's 55-year-old daughter has been detained on suspicion of murder.

A newspaper source said that on September 22, Tolmachev's ex-wife complained to the district police officer that the hockey player had not been in contact for more than a week. The policeman came to the apartment where Tolmachev's daughter said that her father had gone on vacation to Ukraine.

Feeling a strong smell, the district police officer went inside and found the body of a hockey player, which began to decompose. According to MK, seven stab wounds were found on the body. A murder case has been opened, it is alleged that Tolmachev's daughter confessed.

Officially, the Investigative Committee only reported that, according to investigators, a woman born in 1962 killed her father, born in 1939, on the Open Highway. She is detained.

• Victor Tolmachev as part of CSKA was the champion of the USSR in 1963-1966. He played ten matches for the national team. After a conflict with the coach, Tolmachev was expelled from CSKA, his place at the gate was taken by Vladislav Tretyak.