Comment: You couldn't make this up...
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Oleg Sokolov (R), dressed as French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, during a historic reenactment event in 2005.
Oleg Sokolov (R), dressed as French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, during a historic reenactment event in 2005.
On a bone-chilling Saturday morning, rescuers were called to help a man in his 60s found in the freezing waters of the Moyka River that cuts though the historic center of St. Petersburg. Their next discovery was much more sinister - a backpack with two female arms severed at the elbows and a non-lethal handgun.
Police detained the man, who had to be taken to the hospital for hypothermia, and launched a murder investigation.
While law enforcement has not officially released the name of the suspect, numerous Russian media outlets have reported he was Oleg Sokolov, a 63-year-old historian teaching at the most prestigious university in St. Petersburg.
When investigators searched the man's apartment, located not far from the river, they found the dismembered body of a young women and a bloodied hacksaw that was apparently used to cut off her arms and head, local news site 47news.ru reported. It claims the victim is a 24-year-old former student and protégé of Sokolov, who was apparently in a relationship with the man. The two collaborated on several works about the Napoleonic Wars and appeared in period costumes at re-enactment events.
Comment: Turns out he did have an 'ethics issue', to say the least. What a sicko.