DZHUGURTY, KURCHALOYEVSKY DISTRICT, CHECHEN REPUBLIC, RUSSIA – AUGUST 8, 2011 On the outskirts of the village of Dzhugurty, a brutal crime took place. A young girl got into a man’s car, who then drove her to an unknown location, forcibly locked her in the trunk, and held her there for several hours. In the evening, he took her to a remote wooded area, where he first strangled her and then slit her throat with a knife. The girl died from blood loss, and the perpetrator eventually poured gasoline over her body and set it on fire to cover his tracks. He also had the entire act recorded on a cell phone by an acquaintance.
The investigation later revealed that this was not his first murder. Just a few weeks earlier, in July 2011, the same man – 26-year-old Salavdi Adamov – allegedly murdered another 22-year-old woman he knew. Under false pretenses, he took her into the woods, where he strangled her and, as in the second case, set her body on fire.
Adamov’s acquaintance, Beshto Abalaev, was also involved in the second attack. According to prosecutors, he initially did not know about the kidnapped girl, but later was present during her murder and recorded everything. Instead of reporting the crime, he helped cover it up. Both men were brought to trial – one for double murder, the other for helping conceal a serious crime.
According to investigators, the motive for the first murder was relatively clear – it stemmed from personal hostility between the perpetrator and the victim. Adamov allegedly decided to “settle a score” with the 22-year-old woman he knew, making the killing personally motivated.
However, the motive in the second case was different. It was more about covering up the earlier crime and avoiding detection. When the kidnapped girl threatened to go to the police, he decided to kill her to avoid criminal responsibility for the kidnapping and other offenses.
