Overview
- A Tula court ordered pretrial detention for a 26-year-old accused of killing his ex-girlfriend’s father, wounding her mother, and setting part of the home on fire.
- Regional prosecutors in Tula opened cases for murder and attempted murder under Russia’s criminal code.
- In the Moscow region, investigators charged a 64-year-old Kashira resident with murdering his eight-year-old stepdaughter in 1997, and the court placed him in custody.
- During questioning, the Kashira suspect described the killing and indicated the burial site; search teams found the child’s remains in a building basement.
- The Kashira inquiry was revived in October 2025 after a review determined earlier investigators had not completed the full range of required actions.