According to informed sources of ASTRA in occupied Donetsk, a Russian serviceman from the Sverdlovsk region, Alexey Chumachenko, attacked 9-year-old Katya Demidova on the afternoon of September 5. Everything happened not far from the child’s hom, on the bank of the Bulavin River in the village of Ilyinka in the “DPR”. He raped the child, beat her on the head and all over her body, and then strangled her. After that he threw the girl’s body into the river not far from the murder scene.
Local Telegram channels, citing the girl’s relatives, had reported that Chumachenko was acquainted with the family: last year he was employed as a household helper by the girl’s grandmother and lived with them, doing chores and helping Katya with her homework.
He had been detained, and a murder case had been opened.
The serviceman confessed to the crime. ASTRA established that Chumachenko is originally from Sverdlovsk region. According to leaked databases reviewed by ASTRA, he had previous convictions for intentionally causing grievous bodily harm, theft of items of special value, burglary, and robbery. In 2021, he was convicted of rape. He joined the army while being in prison.
