July 28, 1977 - Denis Gorbunov
Gorbunov operated through deception, using classified advertisements to lure victims — a method that made each crime a premeditated act of targeting rather than opportunity. Over roughly five months in Chelyabinsk, he killed five women in the course of robberies, earning a nickname that condensed his method into a single phrase. He took his own life two days after receiving a life sentence, leaving conviction as the final public record of his actions.
From Wikipedia
Denis Alekseevich Gorbunov (Russian: Денис Алексеевич Горбунов; 28 July 1977 – 26 March 2006), known as The Ad Killer (Russian: Убийца по объявлению), was a Russian serial killer who murdered five women during robberies in Chelyabinsk from December 2004 to May 2005. Convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for his crimes, he killed himself two days after his conviction.
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