Case File: Alexander Pichushkin

Case File #08

WHO

Alexander Pichushkin (1974- )

The Chessboard Killer, The Bitsa Park Maniac

WHEN

1992-2006

WHERE

South West Moscow – Bitsa Park

WHAT

Killed at least 49 people but could be as many as 60.

HOW

Multiple blows to the head with a hammer then insertion of a vodka bottle in the skull.

WHY
His aim was to kill 64 people, the number of squares on a chessboard.

NOW

Convicted in 2007 of 49 murders plus 3 attempted murders. Sentenced to life in prison with the first 15 years in solitary confinement at the Arctic Penal Colony ‘Polar Owl’.