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'Chessboard Killer' Goes on Trial

Confessed murderer of dozens lured victims to Moscow park

By Lucas Laursen,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 13, 2007 10:20 AM CDT

(Newser) – A confessed serial killer goes on trial today in Moscow, charged in the murders of at least 49 people. Alexander Pichushkin wanted to kill one person for each of the 64 squares on a chessboard, and after being arrested last year, he said in a...   Read full story »

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