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Man admits to slaying four

A 30-year-old man confessed in late October to killing four girls and young women after police found a pair of dismembered bodies in a small swamp near Nakhodka, authorities reported.

The arrest of the suspect, whose name wasn’t released, ended a major manhunt that started Oct. 20 when police stumbled onto the two headless bodies. The first two victims found were aged 17 and 21. No age was available for the other two girls.

In an initial questioning, the suspect admitted he had killed the two victims Oct. 17, police said. By Oct. 29, he had also admitted to killing two teenage girls, who were found in the Partizansky district last month.

The alleged killer said he had strangled the girls and dismembered their bodies with a knife in his bathroom. He tried to hide evidence of the murder, but could not get rid of all the blood stains in the bathroom.

The suspect, a laborer, lived not far from the swamp, and police were only able to track the man down because of past connections to the victims. Neighbors also said the man was often involved with prostitutes.

Businessman robbed

A Korean businessman recently lost more than $5,000 in a typical Russian scam. On Nov. 7, he allowed three strangers posing as police officers to search his apartment. They then disappeared with the victim’s cash, police said.