Vasily Bolgarov | |
|---|---|
| Born | Vasily Nikolayevich Bolgarov 1985 (age 38–39) |
| Other names | "The Gagarin Killer" "The Smolensk Strangler" "Kot" |
| Conviction(s) | Murder x4 |
| Criminal penalty | 9 years imprisonment (2005) 25 years imprisonment (2010) |
| Details | |
| Victims | 4 |
Span of crimes | 2001–2010 |
| Country | Russia |
| State(s) | Smolensk |
Date apprehended | July 2010 |
Vasily Nikolayevich Bolgarov (Russian: Василий Николаевич Болгаров; born 1985), known as The Gagarin Killer (Russian: Гагаринский убийца), is a Russian serial killer who killed four women in Gagarin and Smolensk between 2001 and 2010. After he was released on parole for a double murder, he proceeded to murder two other women in a few days, but was quickly recaptured. For his new crimes, he was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment.[1]