Alexander Koryakov

 VICTIMS: 4

So, you though you head heard some tales of the most heartless fuckers on the planet. And maybe you thought that the U.S.A. had a monopoly on the trade - well think again. Here's a little tale from Latvia that will make even the most hardened of us think about the bad things we would like to do to this piece of shit.

I guess I should begin by giving you a little background info on Alexander. He lived in a small town called Gulbene, which is about 120 miles east of Riga, the capital of Latvia. His age has been given as both 19 and 21 in the papers, so I'll let you decide which sounds best.

It seems that he was more than a little obsessed with one of the best serial killers in history - Andre Chikatilo. He wanted more than anything else to become as famous (or infamous) as Chikatilo, and was willing to do anything to get there. Apparently he studied everything he could get his hands on about his idol, although when you get to the bottom of this page you'll wonder how these murders are even related to Chikatilo's.

So eventually the time was right for Koryakov. He went out and purchased a hunting knife, two meat cleavers and some gas spray (whatever that is). He then began staking out the local kindergarten, obviously with only one intention in mind. In the week prior to the murders he even rang the school to find out where all the russian speaking children worked. He obviously had something definite in mind.

On either the 21st or 22nd of February (depending upon which newspaper you read), 1999 Koryakov struck. He entered the kindergarten during nap time. He then crept up to a group of girls (all russian speaking) and began to hack away at them with the cleavers. Obviously this would have caused a great deal of mess - and more than likely a little bit of noise, and a teacher came running to the aid of the young girls. She decided to be a hero and jump in between Koryakov and the young children, which did save the kids for a few seconds as he hacked her into some rather large meaty chunks. He then turned his attention back to the young girls. But as soon as he started swinging again the school nurses jumped in. Not surprisingly she also found herself being minced by the crazy young man, but it would seem that she did fight him off quite well. Realizing that there were too many hero's at the school he decided it was time to flee.

Unfortunately for Koryakov he ran straight into the police's arms, ending his planned 'reign of terror' before it even had a chance to get off the ground.

Once police had a chance to check out the kindergarten they found three girls (aged either 3 or 4) dead. The girls teacher, 32 year old Anzhelika Zhvigure, was also dead. The school nurse was badly injured, but survived.

When Police questioned Koryakov he willingly told them all his plans, apparently he was very eager to brag about his deeds. He told them that the kindergarten massacre was going to be the first of many murders, in fact it would begin a spree that would end with him claiming more victims than the great Chikatilo.

He also told them that he had been planning the murders for over a year, and that he had even though about killing his family as practice for the main event. He apparently decided against this as he thought he would be caught to early in his crime spree - as if that would happen.

And that is about all I know about the guy. If you have anything to add to the story then feel free to email me details of any further news on the case.
 

MY OPINION

Another pathetic loser that thought he could emulate his hero's. These guys really are pitiful when it comes to murder. One wonders why they even bother. And as for the crimes themselves - well I think that anyone with no sense of fair play could kill little girls who are napping, and the fact that he ran away when confronted by an adult makes this guy even more pathetic. It is a shame though that this guy has not had more press than he has. I mean if this had happened in America we would have heard about nothing but this story, but because it's in eastern Europe, well nobody cares, do they? sorry about all that - I think I must be mellowing in my old age.