In Samara Region, a dismembering grandpa was caught

A 76-year-old man is suspected of killing and dismembering his 70-year-old friend after a drunken brawl in a bathhouse.
Feb 12, 2026
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The case involved a particularly brutal and disquieting crime.

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Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Samara Region

A criminal drama with an unpleasant twist unfolded in the Kinel-Cherkassy district of the region. There, one old man visited another in his bathhouse. The old friends drank, quarreled, and fought. The 76-year-old owner of the premises won the scuffle. According to investigators, he killed his 70-year-old guest during the fight. The crime occurred on January 24.

The scene was linked to the murder of an elderly man in a rural bathhouse.

Source:

Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Samara Region

«After that, the perpetrator dismembered the victim»s body and threw it into a cesspool. The suspect is currently detained. In the near future, a court will decide whether to send him to a pre-trial detention center or choose another preventive measure for the duration of the investigation,« the regional investigative department reported.

Law enforcement is also dealing with another, even more horrific and tangled murder of an elderly couple. Investigators believe that former mayor of Samara, Tarkhov, and his wife Natalia were poisoned, dismembered, mixed with buckwheat, and put through a meat grinder. The granddaughter of the elderly couple, Ekaterina Tarkhova-Belskaya, is the accused in the case. The girl confessed to the murder and dismemberment of her grandparents. Two more of her accomplices from Georgia, Svetlana and Dmitry Metreveli, have been charged in absentia.

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