[Daily Mail] A former Dagestani police officer has been accused of killing four homeless people and attempting to resurrect them as 'zombies' during occult rituals in a Russian forest.Arsen Bairambekov allegedly lured the vagrants with free booze to a makeshift altar and bonfire in woodlands in Verkhnyaya Pyshma at night-time. He sacrificed his victims then attempted to turn them into 'zombies' according to testimony before a Russian court.
After the sacrificial killings Bairambekov buried the four corpses and was said to have returned 'some time later' in a bid to unleash his occult powers through further rituals. Investigators said, "He tried to bring the dead back to life then turn them into zombies. However, all his attempts were futile."
Dead they were. Dead they remain.
Originally a police officer based in Dagestan, Bairambekov moved to Verkhnyaya Pyshma, 900 miles east of Moscow, where the killings took place in 2014. Bairambekov is also facing charges for two contact killings carried out on businessmen in 2002 and 2010 and for illegal circulation of firearms.
The Investigative Committee of Russia said that Bairambekov underwent three psychiatric evaluations and was deemed fit to stand trial.
"He's nuts, yer honor, but not that nuts!"
According to an unconfirmed report, Bairambekov had a female accomplice who is being investigated separately. The report also says he has struck a plea deal with police officers to serve no more than 12 years if found guilty.