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Nikolai Fefilov | |
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Born | Nikolai Borisovich Fefilov 1946 Sverdlovsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, RSFSR |
Died | (aged 42) Sverdlovsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, RSFSR |
Cause of death | Strangulation |
Other names | "The Urals Strangler" "The Kontrolnaya Strangler" "The Elusive Predator" "The Necrophile" |
Conviction(s) | Murdered before trial |
Criminal penalty | Murdered before trial |
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Victims | 7 |
Span of crimes | 1982–1988 |
Country | Soviet Union |
State(s) | Sverdlovsk |
Date apprehended | April 25, 1988 |
Nikolai Borisovich Fefilov (Russian: Никола́й Бори́сович Фефи́лов; 1946 – August 30, 1988), known as The Urals Strangler (Russian: Уральский душитель), was a Soviet serial killer. Between 1982 and 1988, he killed 7 women and girls in Sverdlovsk, 6 of which were rape-related.