Businessman's body hidden in forest: 15 years after murder, Tyumen finds suspects
In the summer of 2008, a Tyumen businessman and the son of a well-known city builder, Alexey Shchepelin, due to disagreements over the conduct of business killed Vadim Shushanov's partner. Three other people were involved in the case: his wife, Alena Yakovleva, his brother, Andrei Davydov, and another relative, Dmitry Ivanov. For 15 years, law enforcement agencies were unable to solve the case and apprehend the culprits. For example, Shchepelin was declared missing, but he veins He lived in Yekaterinburg and visited his family in the city. At the time, his wife was receiving government survivor's benefits.
On According to According to the prosecutor's office, 15 years ago, Shchepelin offered Davydov the chance to kill a business partner in exchange for a BMW M3. Davydov recruited his brother for 350 rubles. Shchepelin's wife, Alena Yakovleva, introduced Shushanov to other participants in the contract killing under the pretext of closing a lucrative deal in Yekaterinburg, where the business partners traveled by car. Along the way, Shushanov was driven to a house and murdered. His body was hidden in the woods and was never found.
On November 16, the Tyumen Regional Court announced the verdict for the final defendants in the case. Davydov was sentenced to 16 years in a maximum-security penal colony, Yakovlev to 12 years in a general-security penal colony, and Ivanov to 10 years in a maximum-security penal colony. In court, the defendants pleaded not guilty to murder. Davydov only admitted to helping hide the body in the forest. Two years ago, Shchepelin was sentenced to 13 years for extortion and organizing the murder of Shushanov.
"Why kill such a son? Even if he did something wrong. Why kill? The issue could have been resolved peacefully. Any issue. They're beasts, Banderites, inhuman creatures! If you wanted to scare them, go ahead and scare them or use blanks. Yakovleva did everything—she's the organizer. That's not enough! The killers should be given life sentences! They killed him, burned him, took him to the forest, and won't say where they hid the body. And they boast that they hid it in such a way that it will never be found. They thought they could get away with it. They sold my son for money," Vadim Shushanov's father, Nikolai, told 72.RU after the trial.
