independent investigation 03.06.2002 (2002)

"Athlete Killer".

On August 22, 1982, in the city of Kasimovo in the Ryazan Region, two girls were killed.

The bodies of the Lyamaev sisters, 19-year-old Natasha and 22-year-old Tatyana, were found buried in the forest.

In April 1983, Alexander Zhirlitsyn, a neuropsychiatrist, and Sergey Antaiyov, a world vice-champion in canoeing, were arrested on suspicion of rape and murder.

A year and a half later, the court sentenced Zhirlitsyn to death and Antipov to 15 years in a strict regime penal colony.

After the second trial, Antipov's preventive measure was replaced with the death penalty.

Another additional investigation after the court's verdict was appealed resulted in Antipov's initial preventive measure being returned.

During the investigation, some important details that could have somehow affected the fate of the former athlete were not taken into account.

For example, material evidence found at the crime scene disappeared from the case.

The athlete spent the last year of his "imprisonment" in a special colony in Nizhny Tagil, where he fell ill with chronic myeloleukemia, i.e. blood cancer.

All 15 years of his imprisonment, Sergei Antipov unsuccessfully tried to prove his innocence in the deaths of two girls.

Upon his release, realizing that he did not have long to live, he decided to use all his strength and means to find the real killers, thereby justifying his tarnished name.

For four years now, the former athlete has been fighting a deadly disease and collecting evidence bit by bit to confirm the guilt of the real killers.

He is ready to name their names in the studio.

The first story of the program is devoted to the progress of the investigation into the murder of the girls.

Antaiov Sergey at the scene of the murder of the girls, talking about the investigation materials.

Matyunin Valery -- former employee of the Kasimov District Department of Internal Affairs about the fact of a UAZ vehicle driving by with its headlights off.

Video: Prisoners being lined up in the prison yard, a building with the inscription "police", a sign "Kasimov", a grave of the murdered girls.

Antonyuk Igor talks about the chronology of events and evidence when passing the sentence.

Lyamaeva Alexandra -- the mother of the murdered girls tells Antaipo S. that he is guilty of the death of her daughters.

In the studio, Antaipo S. talks about an attempt to prove his innocence in the Prosecutor General's Office and is not ready to name the names of the real culprits.

Antaipo S. presents arguments for his innocence.

Video: a fragment of Antaipo S.'s testing on a lie detector.

Antonyuk I. talks about the arguments presented by Antaipo S. in his defense and a re-examination of the case.

Bondareva Elena asks Antaipo S. why he pleaded guilty during the investigation.

Antaipov S. speaks about his confession.

Kondrin Boris about his participation in the investigation of the murder of the girls and the involvement of Antaipov S. Antonyuk I. about the arrest of Bratchikov Valery, and then released.

Bratchikov Valery, accused in the case and who spent about a year in prison, says that he incriminated himself through physical pressure from the police.

Video: Witnesses in the case speak out twenty years later.

Konovalova Lyudmila and Frolkova Tatyana talk about the day of the murder.

Makarov Aleksandr speaks about the day of the murder and denies knowing the Limaev sisters.

Antonyuk I. denies having witnesses to the Limaev sisters getting into Antaipov S.'s car.

In the studio, Konovalov L. and Frolkova T. talk about their trip on the day of the murder.

Antonyuk I. about the verdict against Antaipov S. Antaipov S. about a conversation with Antonyuk I. in 1983, a video recording made by the police, and an offer of a "deal" from the police.

Kucherena A.G. about the review of the criminal case against Antaipov S. Artemov Nikolay says that the investigation was going down the wrong path about inconsistencies in the case materials and the testimony of witnesses.

Kolkutin V.V. asks Antonyuk I. how the absence of traces of blood at the crime scene was explained, whether the murder weapon was found, and whether a psychiatric examination of the accused was conducted.

Antonyuk I. reports that traces of blood and a struggle were present at the crime scene, talks about Antaipov S. preparing to commit the crime, and a psychiatric examination.

Antaipov S. refuses to name the real killers.

Kucherena A.G. about refusing to name the names of Antaipov S. Ganshin Mikhail reports on the verification of Antaipov S.'s testimony using a polygraph.

Antonyuk I. and Kucherena A.G. about the polygraph test of Antaipov S. Shoshin Viktor -- the witness speaks about his testimony.

Kolkutin V.V. concludes that the case had a series of flawed expert examinations.

Antaipov S. speaks about the blood cancer diagnosis he received and the false testimony of one of the witnesses.