Granddaughter suspected in disappearance of former Russian mayor and wife after allegedly posing as her grandfather in text messages

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Granddaughter suspected in disappearance of former Russian mayor and wife after allegedly posing as her grandfather in text messages

Authorities in Russia’s Samara are investigating the disappearance and likely murder of the city’s former mayor, Viktor Tarkhov, and his wife. The couple’s granddaughter has been arrested as a suspect after reportedly impersonating her grandfather in text messages and selling her grandparents’ belongings. Here’s what we know about this unusual missing persons case.

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Russia's Yekaterina Belskaya is suspected of killing her grandfather, ex-mayor of Samara Viktor Tarchov and grandmother Natalia, to death in late December or early January. After that, they were to hide their bodies in barrels. This is reported by the Russian server RBK, according to which the granddaughter is already in custody, accused of double murder.

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The granddaughter of the former mayor of Samara and his wife, suspected of killing them, hid body fragments in the city's garbage cans, Komsomolskaya Pravda reports, citing sources.