fromrussiawithcrime:

13 June, 2019, Novaya Romanovka village, Leningrad oblast. 15-year-old Arseny Sokolov (third picture), son of the legendary Russian hockey player Maxim Sokolov, stormed into the house of his neighbors and said that his older brother, 18-year-old Maxim (second picture) just killed their mother (first picture). When the neighbors went to the The Sokolovs house with Arseny they found body of 45-year-old Irina Sokolova whose throat was slashed and unconscious 18-year-old Maxim Sokolov who was repeatedly stabbed. Arseny Sokolov explained that his older brother inflicted the wounds on himself, trying to commit suicide. When Arseny realized that Maxim was still alive he stabbed him with a knife in the chest and the neck, right in front of shocked neighbors that immediately called the police.

Arseny Sokolov reported to the arriving officers that he attacked his brother because he was afraid for his life and wanted to revenge his mother’s murder. However, police had difficulty to believe his version of the events from the very beginning because his story didn’t add up. They also found that 15-year-old Arseny is more likely to have a motive for the murder. When Arseny was just born, his older brother has been diagnosed with cancer and since then he always was a center of the attention, especially for their mother whose faith and determination helped Maxim to win the battle with cancer. When Maxim recovered from his illness, he started a successful career as a hockey player while Arseny was not able to do anything to make his family proud of him. People who knew him also said that he suffered drastic mood swings and he was either very happy or very sad.

Even though police arrested Arseny Sokolov and consider him a murder suspect, they still don’t completely exclude the version that it was the older brother who killed their mother. Arseny’s friends stated that he complained a lot about his older brother’s violent behavior. They said that Maxim Sokolov smashed the window of the family car with his fist after an argument with his mother and destroyed the television when he lost a video game.

Neighbors also stated that Irina Sokolova herself was acting very strange recently. She became interested in the Vedic culture and started to post rather weird things online, including a post that said, “Man without a knife is not a man”.

Given that Maxim Sokolov is in hospital in critical condition, he is yet unable to share his version of the events. Police hope that once he will be well enough to speak, they were able to figure out what happened between the brothers and their mother on that fateful day and who was the killer.