Tamara Samsonova
Tamara Mitrafanovna Samsonova | |
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| File:TamaraSamsonova.jpg Tamara Samsonova (July 29, 2015) in the Frunze District Court of St. Petersburg. | |
| Born | Tamara Mitrafanovna Samsonova 5 February 1947 (age 77) |
| Conviction(s) | Murder |
| Details | |
| Victims | 13+ |
Span of crimes | 1995–2015 |
| Country | Russia |
Tamara Mitrafanovna Samsonova (Russian: Тама́ра Митрофа́новна Самсо́нова; born 5 February 1947) is a Russian woman from Saint Petersburg accused of being a serial killer.[1][2]
In July 2015, she was arrested on suspicion of murdering a 79-year-old woman and dismembering her body.[3] She is being investigated in connection to a total of 14 murders.[3]
According to media reports, police found a diary which contained details of some of the murders. One entry, translated from Russian to English, read: “I killed my tenant Volodya, cut him to pieces in the bathroom with a knife and put the pieces of his body in plastic bags and threw them away in the different parts of Frunzensky District.”[1]
Her husband disappeared in 2005 and she is now a suspect in that case.[4] Samsonova is possibly a sufferer of schizophrenia and was admitted to psychiatric hospitals three times.[5]
References
- ^ a b Siobhan Fenton (2015-08-06). "Russian pensioner Tamara Samsonova may have eaten victims - Europe - World". The Independent. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
- ^ "YouTube - Tamara Samsonova, la «abuela destripadora» que mata, descuartiza y se come a sus víctimas". ABC.es. 2015-08-06. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
- ^ a b "Elderly Russian Woman Suspected of Multiple Macabre Murders, Dismemberments | News". The Moscow Times. 2015-07-29. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
- ^ "Suspected serial killing granny may have eaten parts of her victims | World | Ne". Torontosun.com. 2015-08-05. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
- ^ "Тамара-потрошительница". Gazeta.ru. 29 July 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.