A HUSBAND has been arrested after allegedly beating his wife to death in front of their two young children before sending photos of her body to his friends.
The woman, named as Svetlana Sergeeva, is reported to have married her alleged killer, identified only as Dmitry, in July 2018, and to have suffered sustained abuse at his hands.
The pair reportedly lived together with three children in a flat in the city of Zlatoust in southwestern Russia.
Svetlana is thought to have had two children from a previous marriage and a 10-month-old daughter by Dmitry.
Local media has reported that Svetlana told friends Dmitry had been abusive towards the children in the past, in particular that he would hold her five-year-old son Matvey upside down and violently shake him.
Reports said that on the day of Svetland’s death, Dmitry beat her in front of Matvey and the couple’s daughter.
It is not clear whether the oldest child was in the property at the time.
Svetlana’s father alleges that, after Svetlana’s death, Dmitry sent photos of her body to his friends.
He also claimed that Dmitary had broken his daughter’s arm in the course of a previous attack.
Svetlana’s body was discovered the morning after her death with a broken neck and fractured skull, local media said.
Reports have also suggested that the suspect could avoid murder charges because forensics experts have concluded that Svetlana’s cause of death was a heart attack, and not the injuries she sustained during the alleged attack.
The investigation is ongoing.
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