Russian serial killer cop used screwdrivers, axes and knives to murder 78 people after offering them rides
A former Russian police officer has reportedly been convicted of 56 murders while he was already serving a life imprisonment sentence for 22 killings. According to a statement from the prosecutor's office in Irkutsk, the former cop, identified as Mikhail Popkov, is believed to be Russia's most prolific recorded serial killer and was convicted on Monday for murdering at least 56 people between 1992 and 2007.
Reports state that Popkov is known to kill his victims with screwdrivers, axes, knives or blunt weapons after offering them rides home late at night. The former cop would take his victims in his police car sometimes while wearing his uniform. Popkov is often dubbed as “The Werewolf” and the “Angarsk Maniac” by Russian media and is known as the country's worst mass killer, with a total of at least 78 murders.