A SUSPECTED paedophile allegedly killed his son by knifing him 62 times, then daubed a message with the boy’s blood which said “I gave you life, I will take it,” say cops.
Russian man Savva Nikitin, 34, has also been accused of killing his wife Maria, after she found out about him allegedly "raping" their five-year-old child and threatened to tell police.
Law enforcement sources in Moscow said Nikitin also wrote a message in her blood, calling her "Judas".
Nikitin, a former firefighter and the son of famous Crimean author Alexander Nikitin, tried but failed to commit suicide with a knife.
He is suspected of using a knife and a screwdriver to kill his boy.
Russian reports said that when police arrived at the home, the floor of one whole room was covered in blood.
He was said to have later confessed to police that he had sexually abused the boy, and that his wife had confronted him over the assault.
Nikitin also allegedly told officers he killed his son and his wife, according to Russian reports.
The chilling quote written in blood on the floor of his flat – “I gave you life, I will take it” – is from nineteenth century Russian writer Nikolai Gogol in novel TarasBulba.
He also daubed “Masha (Maria) is Judas” on a windowsill in the family’s Moscow flat.
The 29 -year-old woman had fought back during a fight and left numerous scratches on her husband’s body before she was strangled, say reports.
In hospital, Nikitin is claimed to have confessed to state investigators that he had “perverted” sex with his son, reported Moskovsky Komsomolets newspapers and other sources citing Russian law enforcement.
He apparently told them that his wife had found about about his “intimate relations” with the boy.
The unemployed man is under 24-hour armed police guard in a Moscow hospital.
A video from Moskva24 news channel shows blood inside the flat.
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The couple moved to Moscow from Crimea in 2014, when the Black Sea province was annexed by Vladimir Putin’s troops.
They were described as “happy” and “friendly”, while living in the Medvedkovo suburb of Moscow.
The Russian Investigative Committee confirmed a criminal probe into the two deaths.
Nikitin faces up to 20 years in jail if convicted of both murders.
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