Elizaveta Kiseleva 9 : her body was found in an abandoned garage in Saratov on Thursday evening, the day after she disappeared on her way to school. The body of nine-year-old Elizaveta Kiseleva was found in an abandoned garage in Saratov on Thursday evening, the day after she disappeared on her way to school. Police have arrested a man who has confessed to the murder.
Law enforcers carrying shields used pepper spray to drive the protesters away, but they moved on to a local police station where they stood throughout the night demanding that the killer be brought out to face popular justice.
Passions have been running high in Saratov since Elizaveta vanished after leaving home to go to school early on Wednesday morning. Almost 2, local volunteers joined the police and emergency services in a round-the-clock search across the city and local countryside.
Her body was eventually discovered in one of the buildings at a shabby garage collective just 70mfrom her home. Her coat and shoes lay concealed in rubbish at the premises. Russia imposed a moratorium on the death penalty in as it moved to humanise its criminal legislation in preparation for entry to the Council of Europe. The investigative committee said Mikhail Tuvatin , an unemployed Saratov resident who has served prison sentences for theft and sexual assault, had admitted he killed the girl.
In a video released by the committee, Tuvatin said he had been squatting in the garage for some months and became alarmed when the schoolgirl passed by and asked if it was his property. Fearing repercussions if the place belonged to her parents, he dragged her inside and killed her.
