The 16 Weirdest News Headlines That We Saw In 2018

Published December 26, 2018
Updated August 15, 2019

Weird News: “Cannibal Couple” Accused Of Eating Up To 30 People

Cannibal Couple

Alexander Vlasenko, Dailymail UKCannibal couple, Natalia Baksheeva and Dmitry Baksheev.

A couple in Russia has been accused of the murder and consumption of up to 30 individuals.

43-year-old Natalia Baksheeva reportedly convinced her husband — 35-year-old Dmitry Baksheev, who is nicknamed “Devil” — to kill a 35-year-old waitress named Elena Vashrusheva.

Baksheeva reportedly believed that the waitress had been flirting with her husband, according to the Russian Investigative Committee.

An official statement regarding the case read that, “Because of his character and psychological state of mind Dmitry lived under pressure from his wife, so he obeyed.” He is reportedly is suffering from tuberculosis, which is commonly linked to mental health issues.

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Russian Investigative Committee official Anton Lopatin stated that upon hearing Baksheeva’s request to kill the waitress, Baksheev took out a knife that he frequently kept on his person and stabbed Vashrusheva twice in the chest. “The victim died from her injuries on the spot,” said Lopatin.

According to the Moscow Times, the investigation into the so-called “cannibal couple” began when working men that were repairing a road found a cellphone. When they swiped through the photos and “photos of a man with different parts of a dismembered human body in his mouth,” they handed the phone over to authorities.

After police were able to identify the phone’s owner as Baksheev he was arrested. So far only Baksheev has been charged with one count of murder, and the investigation is ongoing.

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Bernadette Deron
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Bernadette Deron is a digital media producer and writer from New York City who holds a Master's in publishing from New York University. Her work has appeared in Yahoo, MSN, AOL, and Insider.
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John Kuroski
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John Kuroski is the editorial director of All That's Interesting. He graduated from New York University with a degree in history, earning a place in the Phi Alpha Theta honor society for history students. An editor at All That's Interesting since 2015, his areas of interest include modern history and true crime.
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Deron, Bernadette. "The 16 Weirdest News Headlines That We Saw In 2018." AllThatsInteresting.com, December 26, 2018, https://allthatsinteresting.com/weird-news-2018. Accessed May 4, 2024.