A couple kidnapped and strangled a girl to death: they threw her body in a suitcase | the Chronicle

A frightening event, which could have been part of a horror film, took place in the cold of Moscow, the capital of Russia. A couple kidnapped a 22-year-old girl, They tied her up naked, took pictures of her, strangled her and then put her body in a suitcase which they then threw away..

The kidnapper Alexander Alexandrov (39) and his accomplice Anastasia Grivkova were sentenced to 16 and 3 years in prison respectively after being convicted of the murder of Lauren Morales Fernandez, last May.

The couple took the victim captive to Moscow. After that, They demanded a ransom of $ 390 from a friend of Lauren’s for her release. While the rescue negotiations were still ongoing, Alexandrov strangled the Cuban-born girl to death and hid her body in a suitcase, which he threw in a trash can.

After a few days of discussing the terms of the release with his friend, sending her pictures he had taken showing the girl naked and tied up. He did everything with the help of his partner, Anastasia Grivkova, accused of kidnapping, extortion and concealment of a crime of particular gravity.

The friend in question even agreed to transfer part of the money to Alexandrov, but demanded proof that Morales Fernández was still alive.

Alexandrov threatened to send him “The ear and the finger” from the woman to different addresses in Moscow and even hinted that she had her organs harvested before writing a chilling final message: “It’s over. She’s dead”.

The lifeless body of 22-year-old Lauren was found in a trash can on Kastanáevskaya Street in the Fili-Davídkovo neighborhood in western Moscow, according to information published at the time by Russian media.

When he appeared in court for the first time, heThe kidnappers pleaded not guilty but are now finally sentenced. It turned out that the murderer had a criminal record of social media fraud and knew Spanish, so it is presumed that he was able to communicate with the victim.

Morales, originally from Havana, had moved to Moscow in November 2019, where she shared an apartment with other young Cubans. Her friends discovered she was missing after she failed to return from a date with a man.

“This bastard is the murderer of the young Cuban murdered in Russia. Hopefully this garbage will rot in jail “, a friend of the victim identified as “Barbie Queen”, which accompanied his commentary with images of the murderer.