Denis Zubov

Denis Alexandrovich Zubov (; 1981 – 20 April 2023) was a Russian serial killer who killed three people in Volgograd Oblast between 2013 and 2014, cutting off reproductive organs post-mortem in order to humiliate his victims. Following a two-year manhunt, Zubov was arrested in 2016, found guilty of all crimes and sentenced to 21 years imprisonment. He was reportedly released from prison in exchange for doing military service during the Russian invasion of Ukraine and was reportedly killed in action during the Battle of Bakhmut in 2023. While working there, he became enamoured with a female coworker, falling in love with her sunny disposition and good work ethic, and soon, they became a couple. However, the woman also got along well with other men, and to Zubov's horror, he learned that she was being courted by a 62-year-old man who also worked at the farm. Because of this, the pair began arguing regularly, and eventually broke up, with the woman returning to Volgograd and Zubov leaving the farm for good. On 1 September 2013, while doing his usual routine, Zubov came across his love rival, who appeared to be severely intoxicated. Overcome with jealousy, he lured the man into a secluded area, grabbed him by the collar and threw him to the ground, beating and kicking the elderly man, who was unable to defend himself in his drunken state.