his apartment. He then forced her to perform oral and penetrative sexual intercourse, but he was unable to continue. He then got dressed and took her out onto the street, but she managed to escape from Tsiuman by alerting a couple who happened to walk by them. This crime is said to have been ignored by police but was blackmailed by the victim's friends. This resulted in Tsiuman leaving for Stavropol quickly after. Between 1990 and 1991, he raped and killed four girls [others report five] in Taganrog (from May 12th to 13th, 26th to 27th, September 14th to 15th, 1990 and June 2, 1991). As victims, he specifically chose girls who wore black stockings, these becoming his signature or calling card, as all of his victims would be wearing these garments when examined posthumously. Yuri Tsiuman was not very cautious with his actions. On November 26, 1992, the killer was detained by two random strangers named Mikurov and Chizhevsky when attempting to commit another murder. By this time, however, the investigation had gathered mounting evidence against Tsiuman, including a blood group, hair samples, belongings, photographs, along with matching fingerprints and other forensic evidence. On February 11, 1994, Tsiuman pleaded guilty and was sentenced to death for all four murders, but since a moratorium was imposed on the death penalty at that time, it was replaced with life imprisonment. The verdict was displayed all across Russia, the trial was televised, as well as a post-trial interview with Tsiuman where he described more fully his crimes and motives. He is currently serving his sentence in the Black Eagle Prison in Sol-Iletsk, located in the Orenburg Oblast, where he is scheduled to be released very soon. He is reported to be interested in poetry writing and shows a desire to visit his mother. In 2011, he unsuccessfully tried to challenge the replacement of the death penalty with life imprisonment in the Supreme Court of Russia, considering imprisonment as a deterioration of his position. In the media Episode "A look inside" from the series "Russian psychiatrist" (1996). Episode "The Triangle of Death" from the series "Unexplained, but fact" (2005). Episode "Dashing 90's" from the series "Chikatilo's Successors" (2007). "Hunting for maniacs" - Channel First (2008). Episode "Black Tights Killers" from the series "The investigation was conducted.." (2011). "Your bitch" - song by performer ZAMAI (2016). See also List of Russian serial killers Criminal