According to information published by the Russian outlet E1.RU, the defendant claims that his father, Vasily Petrichenko, was responsible for the murder of seven people using a hammer. However, prosecutors have dismissed this version, stating that at present, Petrichenko Sr. is listed as missing in Kyrgyzstan.
“The father was the only one to whom Viktor confessed about his crime. He advised his son to remain silent. There is no evidence that he was in the Urals in 1993, and fingerprints found at the apartment where the murder occurred belong to Viktor,” the media reports.
