Inessa Tarverdiyeva, Russian Serial Killer Family Matriarch – 2013

On September 17, 2013, Russian law enforcement officers were involved in a shootout in Stavropol with a middle-class family, killing the only man present, Roman Podkopaev (35), a dentist. His wife Inessa Tarverdiyeva (46), a former nursery school teacher, her 25 year-old daughter Viktoria Tarverdiyeva (25). The couple’s 11-year-old daughter, Anastasia, according to police, “actively took part in all crimes.” Later Podkopaev’s sister, Anastasia Sinelnik, was also arrested.

Over a period of six years, the family of serial killers murdered at least 30 people. Victims included a “boy, 7, was shot in the head while his sister was stabbed 37 times. Two teenage girls had their eyes gouged out in horrific torture routine,” reported by the east2west news Following her arrest, investigators videotaped an interview with the clan’s matriarch Inessa, in which they allowed her to handle unloaded rifles to demonstrate re-enact some of her murders.

It is thought that most, if not all, of the murders were associated with theft of property.

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For similar cases, see: Female Serial Killer Bandits
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For similar cases, see Murder-Coaching Moms
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