Samara region resident's dismembered body found in cesspit

Investigators have detailed a gruesome crime in the Kinel-Cherkassy district, where a 76-year-old man allegedly killed his 70-year-old acquaintance and dumped the dismembered body in a cesspit.

Feb 12, 2026

In their work, law enforcement personnel encounter a vast array of criminal incidents.
Source:
Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Samara Region

In the Kinel-Cherkassy district of the region, a sordid criminal drama unfolded. An elderly man visited another«s bathhouse, where the old friends drank, quarreled, and fought. The 76-year-old homeowner emerged victorious and, according to investigators, killed his 70-year-old guest during the altercation. The crime occurred on January 24.

A photograph taken at the location where the victim«s body was disposed of.
Source:
Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Samara Region

«After which the perpetrator dismembered the victim»s body and threw it into a cesspit. Currently, the suspect has been detained. In the near future, the court will decide whether to remand him in a pre-trial detention center or choose another preventive measure for the duration of the investigation,« reported the regional investigative department.

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

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