Overview
- The Russian Investigative Committee identified the suspect as Elena Tsukanova, 31, and said she confessed to murdering her disabled son, Miloslav, 6.
- Workers found the child’s severed head in a purple backpack in Golyanovsky Pond, and the boy’s torso was later located at the suspect’s home, reportedly on the balcony.
- Police are reviewing CCTV and continuing searches with divers as they pursue a homicide investigation connecting the two discovery sites.
- Early law-enforcement reports indicate strangulation before beheading, with a jigsaw or hacksaw mentioned by sources and knives seized from the apartment.
- Regional outlet Baza reported the mother had prior psychiatric interventions and posted claims of supernatural abilities, while investigators have not stated a motive.