A 14-year-old girl has been arrested after investigators discovered she orchestrated a ‘contract killing’ of her mother in a town near Moscow last week.
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The victim, identified as 38-year-old real estate agent Anastasia Milosskaya, was beaten to death and strangled when she arrived at her home in Balashikha. Two days after her murder, the mother was found wrapped in plastic and a mattress in a garbage skip, as reported by the Daily Mail. Police arrested Milosskaya’s daughter and a boy,15, who was living in the family’s home.
Before her death, Milosskaya allegedly wanted the boy to leave as she believed he was becoming a bad influence on her daughter. Investigators believe the teens conspired to hire two other teenagers to kill Milosskaya for 350,000 rubles($4,487.18). Their ages are presumed to be between 14 and 17.
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They are accused of allowing their accomplices into the apartment to the murder could occur when Milosskaya arrived home. Her daughter and the 15-year-old boy returned two days later to take the body out of the home and dump it in the garbage slip.
A family friend said the girl expressed that she hated her mother on multiple occasions, and the Investigative Committee alleged that the girl and the 15-year-old boy wanted to live off of her mother’s life savings. The girl’s grandmother said her granddaughter was most likely under the influence of the boy since he came from a ” difficult family.”
Other close sources said the victim was very caring towards her daughter and wanted to improve her life.
A Russian teen had a similar case in 2020 where he pretended to be an assassin.
In 2020, 19-year-old Abdulaziz Abdulazizov killed a female detective while leaving her home near Moscow. Lt-Col Evgenia Shishkina,49, was shot in the neck and chest and died in her husband’s arms. police believed the suspect acted as if he had a role in his family video game.
Authorities also believe the case is an unusual documented example of an assassin hired through the dark web. A person reportedly ordered the contract killing using the alias Migel Morales. However, he was officially identified as Yaroslav Sumbaev, an owner of an illegal dark web narcotics store, as reported by the Daily Mail. The slain detective had been investigating him and reportedly planned to assassinate her.
Some teenagers in Russia have been involved in serious crimes such as murder, robbery, and drug trafficking. The reasons for their involvement in criminal activity are varied and complex, including factors such as poverty, social inequality, family dysfunction, and exposure to violence and crime.
The Russian government has recently implemented various measures to address juvenile delinquency and support rehabilitation and reintegration efforts for young offenders. This includes the creation of juvenile justice systems and specialized institutions for juvenile offenders, as well as efforts to improve access to education and social support services for at-risk youth.