Andrei Chikatilo

Andrei Chikatilo
Андрей Чикатило
Mugshot of Chikatilo, taken after his arrest in November 1990.
Born	(1936-10-16)16 October 1936 Yabluchne [uk], Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Died	14 February 1994(1994-02-14) (aged 57) Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast, Russia
Cause of death	Execution by shooting
Other names	The Butcher of Rostov The Forest Strip Killer[2] The Red Ripper The Rostov Ripper[3]
Criminal status	Executed
Spouse	Feodosia Odnacheva ​ ​ (m. 1963; div. 1992)​
Children	2
Motive	Sexual sadism Rage [1]
Conviction(s)	Murder with aggravating circumstances Sexual abuse Sexual assault
Criminal penalty	Death
Details
Victims	52 convicted 53 tried 56+ claimed
Span of crimes	22 December 1978  –  6 November 1990
Country	Soviet Union
Date apprehended	20 November 1990

Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo (Russian: Андрей Романович Чикатило; Ukrainian: Андрій Романович Чикатило, romanized: Andrii Romanovych Chykatylo; 16 October 1936 – 14 February 1994) was a Ukrainian-born Soviet serial killer nicknamed the Butcher of Rostov, the Rostov Ripper, and the Red Ripper who sexually assaulted, murdered, and mutilated at least fifty-two women and children between 1978 and 1990 in the Russian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR, and the Uzbek SSR.

Chikatilo confessed to fifty-six murders; he was tried for fifty-three murders in April 1992. He was convicted and sentenced to death for fifty-two of these murders in October 1992, although the Supreme Court of Russia ruled in 1993 that insufficient evidence existed to prove his guilt in nine of those killings. Chikatilo was executed by gunshot in February 1994.

Chikatilo was known as "the Rostov Ripper" and "the Butcher of Rostov" because he committed most of his murders in the Rostov Oblast of the Russian SFSR.