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Jury Convicts Chessboard Killer

Russia's Alexander Pichushkin claims to have killed 61

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 24, 2007 1:42 PM CDT

(Newser) – A Russian jury today convicted the so-called Chessboard Killer, who terrorized a Moscow park for 14 years, on 48 counts of murder. Alexander Pichushkin claims to have killed 61, placing a coin on a chessboard square for each victim. But although many would like to...   Read full story »

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