Man confesses to killing his wife and burying her body before fleeing with another woman

Prosecutors in Russia now face a race against time to convict father-of-five Vladimir Tretyakov before a 15-year statute of limitations years does not apply to the case in November

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Russia: Husband confesses to killing his wife and burying the corpse

A man has confessed to killing his wife and burying her body in a forest almost 15 years ago, then starting a new life with another woman.

Accountant Vladimir Tretyakov, 45, faces conviction after detectives reopened investigations and tapped his phone.

They later heard him admit to killing his then 29-year-old wife Zhanna Tretyakova, according to a reliable source.

When confronted by police, the accountant and father of five confessed, "I'll tell you everything, but don't put me in jail."

He openly admitted to investigators that he hit Zhanna during a domestic dispute.

She fell and died of "serious head injuries", he said.

Detectives reopened investigations and tapped his phone, they heard him admit to killing his wife Zhanna Tretyakova (

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He wrapped her body in a blanket and hid it on the balcony of their apartment to hide it from their young children, he told officers.

"The next day, the husband loaded the body into a car and drove it to the forest in the Vyborgsky district of the Leningrad region, where he buried it," a source familiar with the matter said.

At the time, Tretyakov reported to the police that his wife - with whom he had two young children, then aged seven and five - was missing, and he actively participated in a search for her.