The Investigative Committee charged two more defendants in the murder of the ex-mayor of Samara in absentia.

Svetlana Metreveli and her nephew Dmitry were charged in absentia with the murder of former Samara Mayor Georgy Limansky and his wife. This was announced on May 16 by the press service of the Investigative Committee of Russia.

"Svetlana Metreveli, a 56-year-old native of the Samara region, has been charged in absentia with complicity in the murder of the former mayor of Samara and his wife, committed out of mercenary motives, by a group of people by prior agreement... Her 25-year—old nephew Dmitry Metreveli has also been charged," the department wrote on its Telegram channel.

According to the UK, the accused currently live outside the territory of the Russian Federation, they are on the international wanted list.

According to investigators, Svetlana Metreveli from abroad assisted in the murder of the mayor and his wife with advice and instructions, and her nephew and granddaughter of the victims conspired to poison the couple, and then frozen with nitrogen, dismembered the bodies, parts of which were scattered in dumpsters in Samara.

According to the results of the psychological and psychiatric examination, the granddaughter of the victims was declared sane.

What is known about the murder of the former mayor of Samara Viktor Tarkhov. Main

The murder of ex-mayor of Samara Viktor Tarkhov and his wife Natalia became known on February 5. According to the investigation, they died about a month before the discovery of the bodies. The last time they were recorded was by surveillance cameras in the entrance of the house. After that, no one saw the couple, although messages continued to arrive on their behalf. Friends of the family contacted the police with a statement about the couple's disappearance.

Ekaterina, the granddaughter of the ex-mayor, was arrested on suspicion of double murder. According to the investigation, she had been sending SMS messages from Tarkhov and his wife's phones for a month. She also started selling her grandparents' property using forged documents. According to the Izvestia source, Ekaterina claimed that Tarkhov and his wife had left the country.

Later, footage from a surveillance camera was released showing Ekaterina carrying a barrel out of his apartment. According to one version, the granddaughter dismembered the grandparents and gradually took the body fragments out of the house, taking them away by taxi. At the same time, the Investigative Committee (IC) of Russia reported that the woman had purchased items to conceal the murder of her grandfather, among them chemical canisters and plastic containers.

On February 28, the girl confessed. She explained that she poisoned relatives to take over their property, and then froze the bodies in nitrogen, after which they were dismembered by an accomplice. The Tarkhovs' remains were scattered in dumpsters. The man managed to leave the Samara region, he was put on the wanted list.