Scent Solves Years-Old Murder of 12-Year-Old in Chernozemye

Zherdevka is a district center in Tambov Region, on the border with Voronezh Region. In the early 2010s, just over 15,000 people lived there. For a small town, even a child«s disappearance, let alone murder, is a shock.

In April 2011, a bulletin began to circulate there: 12-year-old Tanya K. had gone missing. On the 8th, the girl left school in Zherdevka and disappeared. The bulletin reported: a slender girl, brown eyes, light brown hair, with a small mole above her upper lip. She went to school in black pants, a white nylon jacket, and a white cap. Relatives said that Tanya was an excellent student, who also helped her grandmother with household chores and loved to draw.

Tanya was found only five days later — dead. A tractor driver plowing a field noticed a bag with legs sticking out of it. The girl«s body had been thoroughly washed, even her nails trimmed. And there were no witnesses who could shed light on what happened to the schoolgirl.

The mystery of Tanya«s death would only be fully solved 11 years later. Even participants of the show »Battle of Psychics« (16+) would search for the killer. And it would turn out that the guilty one had been close to the victim»s family all along. Details of the tragedy are in our video.