ims ▁were ▁middle - aged ▁women , ▁two ▁were ▁young ▁girls . ▁According ▁to ▁his ▁conf ession ▁made ▁after ▁his ▁arrest , ▁" he ▁was ▁sorry ▁for ▁the ▁young ▁vir g ins ", ▁so ▁he ▁switched ▁to ▁killing ▁only ▁to ▁middle - aged ▁women . ▁Then , ▁in ▁August , ▁Sh ip il ov ▁hid ▁again . ▁Between ▁September ▁ 2 2 ▁and ▁ 2 4 , ▁he ▁committed ▁his ▁last ▁mur ders . ▁ ▁Each ▁of ▁the ▁mur ders ▁was ▁carefully ▁committed . ▁He ▁picked ▁up ▁women ▁on ▁desert ed ▁roads , ▁and ▁since ▁the ▁inside ▁passenger ▁door ▁handle ▁was ▁removed , ▁they ▁had ▁no ▁way ▁to ▁escape ▁from ▁the ▁tr uck . ▁On ▁the ▁way , ▁he ▁offered ▁the ▁women ▁v od ka ▁and ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁refused , ▁he ▁stopped ▁in ▁a ▁desert ed ▁place ▁and ▁killed ▁them . ▁ ▁In ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁inter views , ▁Sh ip il ov ▁told ▁rep or ters ▁that ▁he ▁only ▁killed ▁those ▁vict ims ▁he ▁considered ▁were ▁prost it utes . ▁He ▁claimed ▁that ▁he ▁always ▁let ▁any ▁woman ▁who ▁refused ▁to ▁drink ▁with ▁him ▁leave . ▁However , ▁later ▁investig ations ▁found ▁that ▁he ▁pou red ▁the ▁alco hol ▁viol ently ▁into ▁his ▁vict ims . ▁ ▁Ar rest , ▁trial ▁and ▁sent encing ▁The ▁investigation ▁team ▁set ▁up ▁under ▁the ▁Pro sec utor ' s ▁Office ▁of ▁the ▁Ar kh angel sk ▁O blast , ▁were ▁un success ful ▁in ▁their ▁investigation ▁into ▁the ▁disappear ing ▁women . ▁Nevertheless ,