Ukrainian Serial Killer Anatoly Onoprienko aka The Terminator (Crime Documentary)
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"Anatoly Yuriyovych Onoprienko was a Ukrainian serial killer. He was also known by the nicknames The Beast of Ukraine, The Terminator, and Citizen O. After police arrested the 36-year-old former forestry student on April 16, 1996, Onoprienko confessed to killing 52 people.
Born in the village of Lasky in Zhytomyr Oblast, Onoprienko was the younger of two sons; his brother, Valentin, was thirteen years older. His father, Yuri Onoprienko, was decorated for bravery during World War II. When Anatoly was four years old, his mother died. He was cared for by his grandparents and aunt for a time before being handed over to an orphanage in the village of Privitnoe. According to Onoprienko, he resented the fact that he had been given away by his father, while his brother continued to stay under his care. In one interview, Onoprienko later alleged that it was this that predetermined his destiny, and remarked that seventy percent of those brought up in orphanages end up in prison as adults.
When finally arrested by police, Onoprienko was found to be in possession of a total of 122 items, including a sawed-off TOZ-34 shotgun, a number of other weapons which matched those used in several of the killings, and a number of items which had been removed from victims. While in custody, he eventually confessed to eight killings between 1989 and 1995. At first, he denied other charges but ultimately confessed to the killing of 52 victims over a six-year period. While in custody, he claimed that he killed in response to commands he was given by inner voices.
These are the following murders confessed by Onoprienko, in chronological order:
1–10. In 1989, a family of ten was killed during a robbery when they stumbled upon the intruder. Onoprienko confessed that he and an accomplice, Sergei Rogozin, a gym patron with whom he robbed several other homes, committed the murders with weapons that they carried for self-defense. He also stated that he cut off all contact with Rogozin afterward. The victims consisted of two adults and eight children.
11–15. In that same year, five people, including an 11-year-old boy, were shot dead while sleeping in a car before their bodies were burned. Onoprienko confessed that the murders were unintentional and that he only planned to burglarize the car.
16–19. On December 24, 1995, the Zaichenko family of four were killed with a sawed-off, double-barreled shotgun during a robbery in their home at Garmarnia, a village in central Ukraine, which was set ablaze afterward.
20–24. On January 2, 1996, a family of four were shot and killed. The murders were quickly followed by that of a male pedestrian whom Onoprienko killed out of necessity in order to eliminate potential witnesses.
25–28. On January 6, 1996, Onoprienko allegedly killed four people in three separate incidents on the Berdyansk-Dnieprovs'k highway, by stopping cars before killing the drivers. The victims were Kasai, a Navy ensign; Savitsky, a taxi driver; Kochergina, a kolkhoz
Born in the village of Lasky in Zhytomyr Oblast, Onoprienko was the younger of two sons; his brother, Valentin, was thirteen years older. His father, Yuri Onoprienko, was decorated for bravery during World War II. When Anatoly was four years old, his mother died. He was cared for by his grandparents and aunt for a time before being handed over to an orphanage in the village of Privitnoe. According to Onoprienko, he resented the fact that he had been given away by his father, while his brother continued to stay under his care. In one interview, Onoprienko later alleged that it was this that predetermined his destiny, and remarked that seventy percent of those brought up in orphanages end up in prison as adults.
When finally arrested by police, Onoprienko was found to be in possession of a total of 122 items, including a sawed-off TOZ-34 shotgun, a number of other weapons which matched those used in several of the killings, and a number of items which had been removed from victims. While in custody, he eventually confessed to eight killings between 1989 and 1995. At first, he denied other charges but ultimately confessed to the killing of 52 victims over a six-year period. While in custody, he claimed that he killed in response to commands he was given by inner voices.
These are the following murders confessed by Onoprienko, in chronological order:
1–10. In 1989, a family of ten was killed during a robbery when they stumbled upon the intruder. Onoprienko confessed that he and an accomplice, Sergei Rogozin, a gym patron with whom he robbed several other homes, committed the murders with weapons that they carried for self-defense. He also stated that he cut off all contact with Rogozin afterward. The victims consisted of two adults and eight children.
11–15. In that same year, five people, including an 11-year-old boy, were shot dead while sleeping in a car before their bodies were burned. Onoprienko confessed that the murders were unintentional and that he only planned to burglarize the car.
16–19. On December 24, 1995, the Zaichenko family of four were killed with a sawed-off, double-barreled shotgun during a robbery in their home at Garmarnia, a village in central Ukraine, which was set ablaze afterward.
20–24. On January 2, 1996, a family of four were shot and killed. The murders were quickly followed by that of a male pedestrian whom Onoprienko killed out of necessity in order to eliminate potential witnesses.
25–28. On January 6, 1996, Onoprienko allegedly killed four people in three separate incidents on the Berdyansk-Dnieprovs'k highway, by stopping cars before killing the drivers. The victims were Kasai, a Navy ensign; Savitsky, a taxi driver; Kochergina, a kolkhoz