Nikolai Dzhumagaliev

Nikolai Dzhumagaliev
Background information
Birth name	Nikolai Dzhumagaliev
Also known as	Metal Fang
Born	1952 Uzun-Agach, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Conviction	7 counts of murder in the first degree
Sentence	Life imprisonment
Killings
Number of victims	9
Span of killings	1980–1981
Country	Kazakh SSR
Date apprehended	1981

Biography

Nikolai Dzhumagaliev (1952, Cyrillic: Николай Джумагалиев) is a Kazakhstani serial killer. Nikolai Dzhurmongaliev made it his mission to rid the world of prostitutes and was known to have killed seven women before he was caught. Dzhumagaliev is said; however, to have killed somewhere between 50 to 100 women. Also known as "Metal Fang" for his white metal teeth, he would lure women into the dark end of a local park, where he would rape them and hack them to death with an axe. He also practiced cannibalism; he cooked certain parts of his victims, eating some and even serving the rest to friends of his at get-togethers. He made a habit of preparing ethnic dishes out of his victims and serving them to his friends. His crimes were discovered when two drunks, whom he invited over to his house, discovered a woman's severed head in the kitchen. He was found not responsible for his murders (which are believed to be at least seven) due to insanity, and he was committed to a Tashkent mental institution.

He escaped in 1989 while being transported to another facility. He was re-captured in 1991 in Fergana. After serving ten more years he was released and is said to be living with relatives in Eastern Europe and allowed to travel freely.

In popular culture

Hungarian poet and philosopher István Cs. Bartos wrote a short story about Dzhumangaliev titled 'True Story of the Kazahstani Cannibal' (Igaz történet a kazahsztáni kannibálról).

See also

• Albert Fish
• Hannibal Lecter

Further reading

• "Николай Джумагалиев" (in Russian). People's History. 2004-10-13. http://peoples.ru/state/criminal/manyak/jumagaliev/.