In Rostov, suspected kidnapper of Dasha Popova faces 15 years of imprisonment

According to investigators, a man, suspected in the kidnapping in Rostov-on-Don of an 8-year-old girl, planned to kill her. At present, the investigators prepared for the court the documents to arrest the suspected criminal. He faces up to 15 years of imprisonment. According to the family members of the rescued girl, at present, the girl is at the hospital under the supervision of psychologists.

Alexander Maksimov was in a state of heavy alcoholic intoxication at his detention. This was reported by Stanislav Kovalev, Acting Chief of the Regional Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation, at the today's press conference in Rostov.

"Moreover, he drank heavily during the week, while he kept Dasha Popova in his car. When interrogated, he stated that he had been keeping the girl for three days only. That is, the fact of complete degradation of the detainee is obvious," Stanislav Kovalev stated.

According to him, the suspect in the kidnapping of the girl did not rule out her murder.

"According to him, he wanted to get rid of her. He was afraid of the publicity that had arisen because of the kidnapping of Dasha Popova. However, he did not decide exactly about the murder of the girl," Stanislav Kovalev said.

He also disclosed the information on the suspect's biography, according to which, the suspect worked as a policeman for a while.

"Alexander Maksimov graduated with honours from the Sverdlovsk Law Institute. He himself chose to get distribution to Moscow, where he worked for two years. According to him, he worked as a staff member of the criminal investigation department. However, we have not yet verified the exact information," Stanislav Kovalev has added.

According to him, Alexander Maksimov served about 11 years of his sentence of imprisonment for the attempted murder of his former wife. "He shot to her; however, she survived. He was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment; however, he served about 11 years," Stanislav Kovalev said.

According to Anton Grachev, Deputy Chief of the Chief Department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in the Rostov Region, Chief of Police, Alexander Maksimov faces up to 15 years of imprisonment.

The girl herself will stay at the hospital for several days. This was reported by Ekaterina Belyaush, a representative of the volunteers, who took part in the search.

"Her family members refuse to say, in which hospital the girl stays. There, the doctors are likely to heal her with sedatives, and then she would come home safely," the RIA "Novosti" quotes Ekaterina Belyaush as saying.

The page of the Rostov search team "Lisa Alert Yug" at the social network "VKontakte" states that the volunteers receive a lot of calls from city residents to arrange a meeting with Dasha, to bring her to the city festival, to give her toys and flowers. "However, our mission in the story has been successfully completed! We hope that Dasha will be back to her usual rhythm of life and will stay in peace, happiness and joy together with her family members and friends. And all that we can do is to pass to Dasha through her parents your gifts and cards with good wishes!" the volunteers note.