A recent cannibalism scandal in Russia has come to light after many years. A couple, Natalia Baksheeva and husband Dmitry Baksheev, have been accused of murdering and eating over 30 people in the south-west Russian city of Krasnodar.
Dmitry Baksheev’s cell phone was found in the street on September 11th; what investigators found within the camera roll was horrific. Photos of victims’ artfully positioned, severed body parts and gruesome selfies are few of the horrendous images found within the phone.
Investigators’ findings included photos of a human head served with fruit on a platter, frozen/steamed human meat, and pickled human parts in saline solutions. Videos of how to cannibalize humans were found amongst their computers.
Victims consisted of mostly women, who were lured in through dating sites or murdered in “rages of jealously”, says Natalia. One of their victims was a waitress who Natalia claims was trying to seduce her husband.
Natalia and Dmitry’s relationship could be perceived as a romantic mother/son relationship. Natalia took Dmitry in when he was thrown out of his house as an adolescent, and the couple married when he turned 18. Together, they have been committing acts of cannibalism for the past 20 years. Both have been arrested and isolated in solitary confinement.