Russian cannibal killer ate victims' livers to impress his girlfriend

An alleged serial killer who practiced cannibalism has been arrested in Central Russia. The detainee has confessed to at least six murders, but the number of victims could be higher. Reports say the accused wanted to impress his girlfriend.

­Twenty-four-year-old Aleksandr Bychkov was initially arrested in Russia’s Penza Region on suspicion of involvement in a hardware store robbery. However, while being questioned Bychkov suddenly began telling police about corpses he had buried in a ravine near his home. According to the police spokesperson, investigators found the remains of six people. They were “recovered from the ground and sent for examination.”



The examination revealed that Bychkov had chopped his victims into pieces. He then cut out their livers and ate them. "The facts of cannibalism in some episodes did take place," a high-ranking source from law enforcement body in the region confirmed. Reports say Bychkov had been trying to impress his girlfriend by killing and eating people – or it least to pluck up some courage to see her.

“She blanked me. She said I’m spineless, and I am a lone wolf. I’ll prove it. She doesn’t know and I cannot tell her anything,” Bychkov reportedly wrote in his diary. Bychkov has already told police of a grave with a seventh body. Law enforcers suspect he may have been involved in more murders, since quite a number of people went missing in the region between 2009 and 2011.