Schoolgirl arrested on suspicion of hiring hitmen to murder mother
A schoolgirl in Russia has been arrested on suspicion of hiring hitmen to murder mother after her body was found dumped in a skip.
A schoolgirl has been arrested on suspicion of hiring hitmen to murder her mother after allegedly being banned from seeing her boyfriend.
Anastasia Milosskaya, 38, was found wrapped in plastic and dumped in a skip after being beaten and strangled to death near Moscow, Russia.
Her 14-year-old daughter along with a boy, 15, who had been living at her family’s apartment and is presumed to be her boyfriend are accused of ordering the contract killing of the single mother, The Sun reports.
Russian police suspect that the pair paid two other teenagers £3650 (around $A6750) to kill her mother.
It is alleged that Anastasia had tried to order the boy to leave because she believed he was a bad influence on her daughter.
Anastasia, an estate agent, was brutally murdered when she arrived home from work.
Two days later her body was found wrapped in plastic and a mattress and dumped in the garbage pile in the city of Balashikha in the Moscow region.
The next day, a local janitor found the body in the rubbish skip and alerted police.
“She was beaten and strangled, as her whole face was red and swollen,” an eyewitness said.
The teen suspects are all aged between 14 and 17 and accused of murder or conspiracy to murder.
They will remain in a adolescent facility for a month pending investigations.
The daughter and the boy are accused of allowing the “accomplices” into the apartment and being present at the time of the killing.
The Investigative Committee claim that the girl and her male friend intended to live on her mother’s savings of more than £30,000 ($A55,000).
A friend of the daughter said: “She spoke about hating her mother many times, even though her mother was a good person who loved her.”
The 14-year-old’s grandmother said her granddaughter had come under the influence of the boy who was from a “difficult family”.
Other sources said the victim had been caring towards her daughter and always had sought to improve her life.
The maximum sentence the accused youths face is 10 years initially served in a youth correctional colony.
This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission
‘Happened so quick’: Warning as 24yo dies
The family of a 24-year-old from Sydney have shared a heartfelt message for other Aussies after suffering a “catastrophic” loss.
Moment uncle attacks niece’s alleged killer
The victim’s uncle leapt over a barrier and attacked the murder suspect resulting in a wild brawl he said was “worth every moment”.
Bride’s ‘suicide’ re-examined 14 years later
For years, parents of the 27 year-old have been advocating to have her death changed to a homicide. Now, the forensic pathologist has reversed his suicide ruling.