Vladimir Krishtopa

Vladimir Vasilievich Krishtopa (Влади́мир Васи́льевич Кришто́па; born April 6, 1973) is a Ukrainian-born Russian murderer and rapist.

First murder
On June 17, 1995, Krishtopa, in a state of intoxication, attacked a woman on the staircase between the 6th and 7th floors of the No. 70 House on Orbitalnaya Street in Rostov-on-Don. The woman was raped by him, and then severely beaten. As a result of the beating, she died from a closed craniocerebral injury.

Second murder
A month later, on July 21, Krishtopa, again intoxicated, committed another murder, raping the woman before strangling her. He then stole her cassette player without the headphones.

Third murder attempt
Krishtopa did not commit any more crimes until August 3, when he was detained for attempting to kill a third woman. During the search, authorities found the audio player, which served as a crucial evidence.

On March 21, 1996, the Rostov Regional Court judge Mikhail Rebrov sentenced Vladimir Krishtopa to execution by firing squad. But soon, a moratorium was imposed on its application, and the criminal who was already on death row in Novocherkassk was resentenced to 25 years in prison. When Krishtopa was in cell number 117 of the Novocherkassk prison, his neighbor was notorious serial killer Vladimir Mukhankin. Subsequently, while giving an interview to the television program "Criminal Russia", Mukhankin told the following:

Там, по 117-й в камере сидел Криштопа. Он здесь, смертник, тоже сидел, кстати, вот, кстати, здесь вот 45-я камера, может, он и сейчас там сидит. Ну негодяй конченый, а вот это, Амурхан Хадрисович, а вот это маньяк натуральный. Потому что если бы человек не был бы маньяком, он бы не грыз носы там, не высасывал бы там из грудей, из влагалищ ничего, не убивал бы ни детей, ни маленьких там, не насиловал бы их там, ни взрослых, ни бабок тем более

Krishtopa is also suspected of committing crimes in his native Ukraine before moving to Rostov.

In the media

 * A look from the inside. Russian Psychiatrist (1996).
 * The 2005 episode of Russian documentary TV series "Profession Reporter", titled "Birth of a Maniac", features an interview with Krishtopa.