Courts Detain Kuzbass Teens in Mother’s Killing as Body of Crimea Suspect Is Found

Overview

• A Kemerovo region court ordered pretrial detention for a 14-year-old girl and her 16-year-old acquaintance on a charge of group murder after a 36-year-old woman was killed in Prokopyevsk.
• Investigators allege the minors inflicted multiple knife wounds on December 1 and moved the body to a basement, with the case opened under p. "zh" part 2 art. 105 of the Russian Criminal Code.
• Regional prosecutors placed the Kuzbass investigation under control and launched checks of juvenile-prevention compliance, noting neither minor was on preventive registers.
• In Crimea, investigators reported finding the body of the man sought over the killing of a 12-year-old in Simferopol in a field near the village of Zalesye, with expert examinations ordered to establish time and cause of death.
• Health authorities in Crimea said the wounded mother and six-year-old boy remain in a stably serious condition, and police had earlier issued a wanted notice for the suspect.