Date
01/02/2001  
First
Eduard  
Surname
Burmagin  
Sex/Age
M, 37  
Incident
homicide  
Motive
nJ  
Place
road  
Job
journalist  
Medium
print  
Federal District Plus
NORTHWEST  
Street, Town, Region
Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad Region  
Freelance
yes  
Local/National
local  
Other Ties
 
Cause of Death
murder  
Legal Qualification
no information  
Impunity
investigation, detained  

Eduard Burmagin, a freelance reporter with a small town newspaper in the Leningrad Region, was reported missing in December 2000. He was last seen by his family when he left home in his car on 10 December.

In early February 2001 the police found Burmagin's car and then his body on a rubbish tip near John Reed Street. Two Moldavian brothers were detained by local police and charged with the murder.