Timeline

Born: 16 October 1936 The Victims: Chikatilo confessed to killing 53 people, possibly more, between 1978 and 1990 1978–1983 - 14 Victims, including: 22 December 1978 - Lena Zakotnova, 9 3 September 1981 - Larisa Tkachenko, 17 June 1982 - Lyuba Biryuk, 13 (First Male Victim) 10 December 1982 - Olga Stalmachenok December 1982 - Laura Sarkisyan, 15 Summer 1983 - Igor Gudkov, 7 27 October 1983 - Vera Shyvkyn, 19 27 December 1983 - Sergei Markov, 14 1984 - 15 Victims, including: March 1984 - Dmitri Ptashnikov, 10 25 May 1984 - Tanya Petrosan, 32 25 May 1984 - Sveta Petrosan June 1984 - Lyudmila Alekseyeva, 17 27 December 1984 - Sergei Markov, 14 1985 - 2 Victims 1988 – 5 Victims including: May 1988 - Zhenya Muratov 15 May 1988 - Aleksei Voronko, 9 1989 - 8 Victims, including: March 1989 - Tanya Rhyshova August 1989 - Elena Varga August 1989 - Alexei Khobotov, 10 1990 - 9 Victims, including: July 1990 - Viktor Petrov, 13 17 August 1990 - Ivan Fomin, 7 17 October 1990 - Vadim Gromov, 16 3 November 1990 - Viktor Tishchenko, 16 6 November 1990 - Sveta Korostik, 22 Arrested: 20 November 1990 Trial: 14 April 1992 Convicted: 15 October 1992 Died: 14 February 1994