Chikatilo Was a Known Murderer Until He Was Finally Released Following a Long Fight with His Family

 28 Years Ago Today

Monday 14th of February 1994
Serial killer Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo aka The Rostov Ripper is executed by a single gunshot behind the right ear at the age of 58 in Novocherkassk Prison, Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast, Russia. 

The inmate was an active shooter while in custody when he killed a police officer. According to a statement by Anton Yakovlevsky of NK News, Russian media quoted the Russian justice ministry that Chikatilo was a known murderer until he was finally released following a "long fight with his family." Chikatilo was convicted and sentenced to death in February 1994 according to the Russian state-controlled news outlet Medtava. The killer was then sentenced to death on November 17, 1994. On a single gunshot to the left ear, Chikatilo shot down his patrol car and a police officer before killing himself. A court decided that the victim died at a hospital and he was declared a martyr. A year later, on January 20, 1996, a court convicted Chikatilo of murder, in the Russian state-controlled local newspaper The Moscow Times. He was sentenced to five years' imprisonment, with up to one year, for a series of murders and more than 100 counts of crimes in cooperation with state prosecutors. He was also convicted of a number of related crimes. Chikatilo was granted a new trial at the end.