November 10, 1971 - Barnaul Maniac
Operating across Barnaul and Buranovo over more than a decade, Manishin carried out a series of attacks against young girls and women that went unsolved for over thirty years — a cold case that persisted through the collapse of the Soviet Union and well into the twenty-first century. The eventual identification came not through conventional investigation but through DNA evidence collected long after the crimes, followed by a confession. His 2025 conviction closed one of Russia's more enduring unresolved serial murder cases.
From Wikipedia
Vitaly Yegorovich Manishin (Russian: Вита́лий Его́рович Мани́шин; born 10 November 1971), known as The Barnaul Maniac (Russian: Барнаульский маньяк), is a Soviet–Russian serial killer who raped and murdered at least 11 young girls and women in Barnaul and Buranovo from 1989 to 2000.
The case remained unsolved and was a subject of media speculation for decades. Manishin was identified as the prime suspect in 2023 after he was linked to some of the murders via DNA, after which he admitted responsibility for the crimes. He was convicted in 2025 and sentenced to 25 years imprisonment.
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