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Andrei Chikatilo
CASE FILE · DAILY CASE NO. 70
Andrei Chikatilo
„The Butcher of Rostov”
Russia
GENDERCOUNTRY
VICTIMSYEAR
TARGETSTATUSZODIAC
RU
52
1978
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- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Russia
- Victim count (in game)
- 52
- First crime
- 1978
- Victims targeted
- Mixed
- Status
- Dead
- Zodiac sign
- Libra
Report
Andrei Chikatilo was a teacher and later a supply clerk. Between 1978 and 1990 he murdered dozens of women and children, mainly in the Rostov region of the USSR, often luring victims from railway stations. An innocent man was executed for one of his first murders. In 1992 he was convicted of 52 murders and was executed in 1994. The case inspired the film “Citizen X”.
Crimedle record
First appeared as a daily case: #70 (FEB 28, 2026). Most recently: #294 (OCT 10, 2026). Times featured: 5.
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