Overview
- Regional police detained the suspect near his home after determining the death at a crash scene was criminal rather than accidental.
- Investigators say he followed the teacher after a prior conflict, strangled her by her car on Nagornaya Street, then tried to stage a wreck.
- According to the Investigative Committee, he put the body in the vehicle, drove out of town, hit a pole, attempted to set the car on fire, and repositioned the body.
- The detained man is 42, a previously convicted local resident who lived next door to the victim, according to court and police statements.
- The victim was a 56-year-old physical education teacher at Buguruslan Gymnasium No. 1, and her body was found in the Nissan Qashqai that crashed.