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Mikhail Popkov was born on 7 March 1964 in Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, in what was then the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, and soon moved with his parents to Angarsk, Irkutsk Oblast. Little is known about his upbringing and personal life beyond the fact that he was married to Elena Popkova and had a daughter named Ekaterina.
A former policeman known as a 'perfect husband and father' led a secret life as serial killer who murdered at least two dozen women in Siberia. Mikhail Popkov axed, stabbed or strangled full-figured women 'who resembled his mother' who allegedly abused him in childhood, it was revealed today.
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Aug 6, 2021 · Prior to his arrest and conviction, Mikhail Popkov was a police officer, who, by all accounts, was an "exemplary family man." The husband and father appeared to lead a "normal" life and had a close relationship with his daughter. However, Popkov was clearly leading a double life.
Dec 10, 2018 · Mikhail Popkov, 54, terrorised his home city of Angarsk in the Irkutsk region for nearly two decades, luring women into his car late at night and then assaulting them with tools such as axes...
Dec 10, 2018 · Mikhail Popkov, 53, murdered 55 women and a policeman near Irkutsk between 1992 and 2007. He was already in jail for 22 other murders. He killed the victims after offering them late-night rides...
Dec 10, 2018 · IRKUTSK, Russia -- A Siberian policeman who raped and killed women after offering them late-night rides was found guilty of dozens more murders on Monday, making him Russia's most prolific serial...
Nov 22, 2023 · Former police officer Mikhail Popkov is the most prolific known serial killer in Russian and Soviet history. (file photo) A former Siberian police officer who is serving a life sentence for the...
