TOURIST: A TOURIST beat his mother and father to death with an electric hammer. Then, he posted a video on social media confessing to the murder.
Dmitry Stepanov, 30, was on holiday in at a 5-star hotel in Turkey when he reportedly attacked his dad Pavel, 62, and 64-year-old mum Tatiana.
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As he was carrying out the murder, the Russian turned on loud music. He also recorded it. Hurriyet Reports
Investigators believe that he battered his parents first, then strangled them with wire before washing his face and walking out of Antalya hotel.
Staff discovered the horrifying scene after customers complained.
Stepanov recorded another video in which he confesses to the crime, which was viralized on Telegram.
He says in the chilling video: “People. My name is Dima. Today, I killed my father because he had been pressing me since I was a little boy.
He claimed that his father caused him injury in childhood. However, he stated that he was taken into secure psychiatric facilities.
Stepanov claimed that he had been released but was afraid to return and that he wanted revenge for the events of his life.
He concludes the video by saying: “My childhood dream was to kill him. Think about it. It came true. Because children’s dreams have to come true. That’s all so far.”
A video shows a man in shorts grabbing a hammer from his back and hiding it behind him.
A person walks through a door and is struck by the large hammer.
Stepanov’s dad died on the spot while the mother was declared dead in hospital.
Police found him was wandering around the side streets at the back of a shopping centre and he was later seen being escorted by police officers.
He is believed to have murdered a woman in 2015 “friend”An attack using a hammer.
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