The key facts

  • A 62-year-old businessman was found dead in a house in the village of Gorodishche near Cherepovets with two stab wounds
  • Preliminarily, the murder occurred between October 24 and 26
  • An acquaintance of the victim is suspected in the killing; law enforcement is searching for him

Businessman found dead in his own home

A 62-year-old businessman was found dead in the village of Gorodishche near Cherepovets. According to the REN TV channel, the entrepreneur's body was discovered by his daughter in his cottage. The man's body had stab wounds — one to the chest area, the second under the left shoulder blade on the back.

Circumstances of the murder and the search for the suspect

According to preliminary data, the businessman was killed between October 24 and 26. The entrepreneur was engaged in freight transportation and parking lots. Investigators are now looking into the incident: an acquaintance of the man is suspected in the killing, and law enforcement agencies are searching for him. The publication does not report the motives behind the incident or details about the suspect.

Context: other high-profile incidents

Gazeta.Ru reminds readers that well-known businessman Sergei Lazarev was previously killed in the Vologda Region. The man managed to call an ambulance himself, but doctors were unable to save him. The suspect was detained; preliminarily, a conflict arose between the men over a road to Lake Kubenskoye — since 2013, the businessman had charged people for access to the reservoir through his property and, according to available information, spent the collected funds on maintaining the territory. In addition, the body of a teacher was previously found at a school in the Urals.

Why this matters

The murder of an entrepreneur in his own home is another high-profile crime in the Vologda Region, where several similar cases have been recorded recently. For residents of the region, this means the investigation will continue and the suspect will be sought, and the outcome of the investigation will show whether the killer knew the victim and what the motives were. No official conclusions have been drawn yet: neither the exact date of death within the specified period nor the circumstances of the infliction of the wounds are known.