The quiet life of a small urban-type village Horoshevo in the Kharkiv region turned upside down. All local residents are stunned by the shocking news.
Investigative actions took place right at the final stop. And all because law enforcement officers finally got on the trail of the killer, who four years ago sent the minibus driver to the next world .
This terrible event still haunts local residents … One day at dawn, on the side of the road, the drivers saw a familiar bus.
He stood with the headlights on, but did not move anywhere. One of the drivers decided to look inside, being shocked by what he saw. At the wheel was a bloody and already dead colleague .
– Money was scattered in the salon. He was driving. How did you find it? The driver was driving and saw that the bus was standing. The transport was parked in an unusual place – there is no stop there. And we don’t stop there, ”said a colleague of the killed driver, Vladimir Kostenko.
The deceased 42-year-old Viktor is well remembered by local residents who tell only good things about a man.
< p>– We all knew him. He came to drink coffee. He has a family – he has a wife and a child. Very decent. Shocked that it happened to him, & # 8212; shared the saleswoman of the local store Victoria.
At first, law enforcement officers worked out the version of the robbery, but it did not fit. The money from the box office and the driver's personal belongings remained in the cabin. When the investigation finally reached a dead end, they decided to start all over again.
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Yuri is a 26-year-old tram conductor. The man travels by minibus to work in Kharkov every day. It was he who was suspected of a brutal murder.
And what is the motive? A thirst for revenge made him grab the knife. One day, the mother complained to her son that the driver offended her. He did not want to take the privileged passenger, using foul language.
According to the investigation, the suspect got into a minibus at one of the stops and drove to the terminal station. After waiting for the interior to be empty, he approached the minibus driver and stabbed him 15 times.
In court, the suspect admitted his guilt and even repented. However, the man does not remember how he committed the murder .
– It's hard for me to tell. I do not remember. Many years have passed. Mom was sworn, I came to figure it out. I didn't want to kill him. Yes, I'm sorry, & # 8212; shared the suspect in the murder of the minibus driver.
The man's mother said in a telephone conversation that she does not believe in her son's guilt . He has a disability and sees poorly in one eye. In the village where the family lives, Yuri is well known. Local residents cannot understand how he could decide on such an act.
Now the court must find out whether Yuri really committed this terrible crime. For the duration of the investigation, the man was sent to a pre-trial detention center.
If proven guilty, he may end up in prison for 15 years . Minibus drivers admitted that after the end of the shift they stopped picking up passengers so as not to put themselves in danger once again.
