Law enforcement officers detained the suspect who strangled a Yekaterinburg resident at Shartash.

      A suspect has been detained in Yekaterinburg in the killing of 47-year-old foreman Ilya Odushev, whose body was found with a black bag over his head.

      According to preliminary reports, on January 6 Odushev had been drinking and then visited an acquaintance. A quarrel broke out between them that ended in murder. The suspect later drove the body into the woods, a source told Ura.Ru.

      The press service of the Investigative Committee for the Sverdlovsk Region has not yet commented on the situation.

      Recall that the dead man was found in the Shartash area on the evening of January 12. It was reported then that the Yekaterinburg resident may have been suffocated with a bag. His relatives had reported Ilya missing on January 6. The motive for the murder is still unknown.

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Law enforcement officers detained the suspect who strangled a Yekaterinburg resident at Shartash.

In Yekaterinburg, a suspect was detained in the killing of 47-year-old foreman Ilya Odushev, whose body was found with a black bag over his head. According to preliminary reports, on January 6 Odushev had been drinking, then went to visit an acquaintance.