In the city of Artsyz, Odesa region, a 48-year-old man brutally killed and burned his wife.
Her body was found only a month after the massacre.
This was reported by the Odesa Oblast police.
According to the investigation, a 48-year-old man previously convicted of rape and theft brutally killed his 38-year-old wife during a walk in December 2022.
The reason for the massacre was that the suspect was jealous of the woman.
He hit her on the head, and when she lost consciousness, he strangled her with a rope.
To cover up the crime, the man dragged her body into a forest lane and set it on fire.
The woman's remains were discovered in January 2023 by passers-by who contacted the police.
Investigators established the involvement of her husband in the massacre.
The suspect confessed to the crime.
He is charged with part 1 of Article 115 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and is sentenced to seven to fifteen years in prison.
It will be recalled that during the occupation of a part of the Kharkiv region, a soldier of the Russian army killed, dismembered and burned the body of a farmer from the Kupyan district.
The investigators found out the name of the occupier, he was informed about the suspicion in absentia.
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