The court arrested a suspect in the murder of a boy in St. Petersburg for 1 month and 30 days.

The court has remanded in custody a person involved in the murder of a nine-year-old boy in St. Petersburg for a period of 1 month and 30 days. This was reported on February 3 by a correspondent of Izvestia from the courtroom.

"To choose the detention of Peter Zhilkin for a period of 1 month and 30 days," the judge sentenced.

Pyotr Zhilkin, a suspect in the murder of a nine-year-old boy in St. Petersburg, pleaded guilty to the crime on the same day. The Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg is considering the investigation's request for Zhilkin's arrest. He is charged under Part 2 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Murder of a minor").

Last route: details of the abduction of a teenager in St. Petersburg have become known

The detained man confessed to the murder of a child

The murdered boy was searched for in St. Petersburg for three days. The police and volunteers were involved, and the investigation checked all versions and studied the recordings from surveillance cameras.

The next day, it became known about the detention of the kidnapper, Pyotr Zhilkin, who confessed to killing the child. The reason for the crime, according to preliminary data, was blackmail. The boy knew about the presence of child pornography on the man's computer. The suspect had previously known the boy. According to Izvestia, Zhilkin offered children a ride in a car for money and had previously been convicted.

The body of a nine-year-old Pasha with bound legs was removed from a frozen waterfall in the Leningrad region only on the night of February 3. According to investigators, the accused arrived at the Simonovsky creek in the Lomonosovsky district and dumped the child's body there. Local residents noticed the child's clothes and his briefcase, noticing them under the ice.

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