Upon finding Larkyns, Muybridge said, "Good evening, Major, my name is Muybridge and here is the answer to the letter you sent my wife" and shot him point-blank. The jury dismissed an insanity plea and acquitted the photographer on the grounds of 'justifiable homicide'. (17 October 1874)
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Tuesday 27th of December 1983 (-) — Victim of Andrei Chikatilo aka The Rostov Ripper Sergey Markov is stabbed and sexually mutilated by Andrei Chikatilo aka The Rostov Ripper. Markov's body was found on 1 January 1984 in the area of the Persianovka Railway Station on the Moscow-Rostov-on-Don line.