In the apartment of the accused in the murder of ex-mayor of Samara found a voodoo doll

In the apartment of Ekaterina Tarkhova, the granddaughter of the former mayor of Samara Viktor Tarkhov, accused of murdering her grandfather and grandmother, found objects for occult practices. This is reported by REN TV correspondent from the courtroom.

Among these items is a voodoo doll with a photo of Natalia on her head and her hands tied with black threads. In addition, investigators found a “spell” that the grandmother gave Catherine 12 million rubles. In the apartment, they also found a note with the words “I renounce God – to the very devil I swear.”.

On the floor and walls of the apartment, as well as on the shoes of the accused, traces of blood were found. As the examination established, the biomaterial with a probability of 99.9% belongs to the killed.

The murder took place between November 2024 and January 2025. According to investigators, Ekaterina Tarkhova and Dmitry Metreveli poisoned pensioners, and then froze their bodies with nitrogen. After that, the corpses were dismembered and scattered in garbage containers in Samara. Then the attackers stole the property of the victims with a total value of more than 2 million rubles. The organizer of the crime is considered Svetlana Metreveli, who created a criminal group to take possession of real estate and money of the ex-mayor’s family.

In more detail - in the material "Kommersant" "Murderer in a straight line".