A resident of the Nizhny Novgorod region who killed his wife and daughter has been remanded in custody
In Balakhna, Nizhny Novgorod region, a court has arrested a man accused of murdering his wife and one-year-old daughter. This was reported on January 16 in the press service of the investigative Department of the Investigative Committee (ICS) of the Russian Federation in the region.
"The court granted the petition of the investigator of the Balakhna inter-district investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the IC of Russia in the Nizhny Novgorod region to elect a measure of restraint in the form of remand in custody against the accused", - stated in the Telegram-channel.
During interrogation, the man confessed to the deed and specified that the motive of the crime was a conflict with his wife. He is accused of committing a crime under p. "a" part 2 of article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Murder of two persons, including a minor").
On January 13, a source of "Izvestia" reported that a resident of Nizhny Novgorod region killed his wife and child. The man tried to stab his wife, and the child he hit several times on the head with a blunt object. Subsequently, the injured woman was found in the entranceway, the girl's body was in a locked apartment. When the room was opened, the defendant tried to settle the score with his life. The spouses were hospitalized, after which the woman died.