there were no more than 3 rubles in the victims' bags. Both got used to murdering, as Belov later said: "After the first corpse, it's hard to sleep, then you get used to it." By that time, the whole of Moscow was talking about Khovrinsky Maniac, especially the frightened residents of the Northern Administrative District. The first surviving victim gave a detailed description of the brigand, from which the investigative brigadiers found out it was the twice-before convicted felon Vladimir Belov. Arrest, trial and sentence Belov, who saw that they were coming to arrest him, jumped out of the second story window, got into his Opel Vectra and disappeared. However, he and Shabanov were arrested a day later, and immediately gave testimony. Belov confessed to all the murders in which he was accused, and at the same time, tried to minimize his role in the crimes. At one of the interrogations, Belov said that if he was ever released, he would kill again. "I can not do anything else," he complained to the investigator. Belov and Shabanov were recognized as sane. On December 10, 2003, the Moscow City Court sentenced Vladimir Belov to life imprisonment and Shabanov to 20 years imprisonment. The Supreme Court of Russia upheld the verdict of Belov without changes, and he was sent to the "Black Berkut" colony in the Sverdlovsk Oblast. Subsequently, in 2005, another trial took place, in which Belov and Shabanov were found guilty of as many as 10 attacks, one of which, committed on October 16, 2001, ended in murder. Shabanov was resentenced to 21 years in prison, and Belov's sentence remained unchanged. The exact number of victims of the Khovrinsky Maniac and his accomplice is still unknown. According to an investigator, about 80 victims belong to Belov and Shabanov, but the court found them guilty of only committing 7 murders. In the media Documentary film "Khovrinsky Maniac" from the series by Vakhtang Mikeladze Documentary Detective Documentary film "He killed only women" from the series by Vakhtang Mikeladze Sentenced for life Documentary film "The Man with a Bat in His Hands" from the series by Vakhtang Mikeladze Lifelessly Deprived of liberty See also List of Russian serial killers References 1972 births Living people Male serial killers Outlaws Russian serial killers Thieves