- Date
- 11/09/2001
- First
- Andrei
- Surname
- Sheiko
- Sex/Age
- M, 28
- Incident
- homicide
- Motive
- nJ
- Place
- flat
- Job
- journalist
- Medium
- Federal District Plus
- Moscow
- Street, Town, Region
- Novaya Basmannaya St, Moscow
- Freelance
- no
- Local/National
- Moscow, Akh! magazine
- Other Ties
- Cause of Death
- murder, stabbed
- Legal Qualification
- not known
- Impunity
- investigation
Journalist Andrei Sheiko, who worked for the Akh! magazine, was found dead in his Moscow flat on 11 September 2001 with a stab wound in his neck. Forensic examination determined that he had died approximately 24 hours earlier.
A criminal case was instigated and investigation began.