Vladimir Bratilov

Vladimir Anatolyevich Bratilov was born in 1975 in the city of Lysva (Perm region). He grew up in a complete family and had an older brother. He spent his childhood and youth in a socially prosperous environment. Bratilov's parents led a law-abiding lifestyle and did not have bad habits that negatively affected the life and well-being of the family as a whole. During his school years, Bratilov, due to his introversion, was not very popular among his peers and had the status of a social outcast, which is why his academic performance was low and Vladimir was characterized by the teaching staff as very mediocre. After graduating from school, Bratilov entered one of the local vocational schools, after which he found a job in his specialty at the Lysva Metallurgical Plant. In his free time, Bratilov led an idle lifestyle and was fond of alcoholic beverages. At the end of 1996, 21-year-old Bratilov was arrested for the rape of a minor, but then he managed to reach an agreement with the parents of the victimized girl, and they withdrew the statement.

Between March 1997 and June 1998, Vladimir Bratilov committed eight murders in Lysva, involving rape and robbery. He chose girls and women of varying ages, ranging from 14 to 70, as his victims. Age, height, weight, hair color, and other physical characteristics were not important to him when choosing his victims. When committing the murders, Bratilov demonstrated his typical behavior pattern. He committed most of his crimes while intoxicated. During the attacks on his victims, he suppressed their resistance by beating them, then subjected them to sexual violence, often in a perverted form, after which he killed them by strangulation and took money and items of material value. The search for the criminal was complicated by the fact that Bratilov's brother was an active law enforcement officer, and he was aware of the progress of the investigation into his own crimes.