Cannibal’s ‘cousin casserole’: Ukrainian man ‘killed his aunt and uncle and their son and boiled them in saucepans to make a stew’ 

  • WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT 
  • Detectives believe the 29-year-old killed his auntie, uncle and their adult son
  • Police found their remains chopped up and boiling in saucepans in the flat
  • As officers tried to break open the door it is thought he shot himself in the head
  • He created 'stew meat' and stored the cooked human flesh in various cans 

By Will Stewart for MailOnline

Published: 12:21 EST, 13 December 2016 | Updated: 13:09 EST, 13 December 2016

A Ukrainian man killed then dismembered members of his family, before boiling their body parts in saucepans to make 'stewed meat', say police.

Investigators suspect a 29-year-old man killed his uncle and aunt, and their adult son, before using kitchen knives to slice up their remains.

The alleged killer is believed to have shot himself at the moment police tried to break open the door to the Kiev flat.

The alleged killer is believed to have shot himself at the moment police tried to break open the door to the Kiev flat

A Ukrainian man killed then dismembered members of his family, before boiling their body parts in saucepans to make 'stewed meat', say police

Investigators suspect a 29-year-old man killed his uncle and aunt, and their adult son, before using kitchen knives to slice up their remains

A full scale murder investigation is underway

There are now fears that this suspected cannibal could have killed and dismemebred others in the same way, said the senior policeman in Ukraine's capital.

A full scale murder investigation is underway.

'When we entered the flat, we saw body parts in cans and saucepans,' said Andrey Krischenko, chief of Kiev police.

'The nephew was boiling his relatives in saucepans.'

He had put the cooked human meat into 'sealed' cans to preserve it.

'The nephew boiled the body parts of his relatives and made stew meat, using several saucepans,' said a police source.

'He had managed to seal several cans of stew meat by the time police arrived.'

There are now fears that this suspected cannibal could have killed and dismemebred others in the same way, said the senior policeman in Ukraine's capital

'When we entered the flat, we saw body parts in cans and saucepans,' said Andrey Krischenko, chief of Kiev police

Neighbours in the Solomensky district of Kiev had called police to the scene

They had not seen the family for several days and were concerned about an 'unpleasant smell' in the apartment block

Shocked Krischenko said: 'We we are now checking all the addresses where he might have lived.

'We will study everything.

'Possibly, it is not the only such cruel murder.'

Neighbours in the Solomensky district of Kiev had called police to the scene.

They had not seen the family for several days and were concerned about an 'unpleasant smell' in the apartment block.

When officers arrived, no-one opened the door. As police forced their way in they heard a gun shot

Officers say the dismembered remains of three bodies and a fourth man who was still alive but with severe gunshot wounds to his head

In the flat were the butchered remains of his uncle, 68, aunt, 51, and their adult son

Police is seeking a motive for the alleged murder. At the scene police has found two hand guns and bullets

It is understood the man lived in Bila Tserkva, 75 miles from Kiev in Ukraine

When officers arrived, no-one opened the door.

As police forced their way in they heard a gun shot.

Officers say the dismembered remains of three bodies and a fourth man who was still alive but with severe gunshot wounds to his head.

He died in the ambulance on the way to hospital.

In the flat were the butchered remains of his uncle, 68, aunt, 51, and their adult son.

Police is seeking a motive for the alleged murder.

At the scene police has found two hand guns and bullets.

It is understood the man lived in Bila Tserkva, 75 miles from Kiev.

 

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