A teenage Russian girl and her lover both hanged
themselves from the same rope in a tree after they
discovered that she was pregnant.
Irina Korovina, 14, and her lover Anatoly Maslov,
22, died and were found hanging from the same
rope from the same branch. Their hands were still
wrapped around each other, as tactile in death as
they were in life.
Police said that with no suicide note they were still
investigating the cause of death, but confirmed that
the teenager was pregnant and, being under-age,
the man would have faced an investigation if he
was the father of the child. Police spokesman
Malik Shcherbakov said:
‘ Looking at her social media postings it seems
that at least up to shortly before her death she
was happy, and one of the last postings was “Life
is beautiful”.’
He added that they were looking to see whether
the man had put pressure on the girl to commit
suicide with him after noting that he had injuries
which indicated he had at least attempted to slash
his wrists before both of them died from hanging.
There seems to have been some dispute over the
parents' request that she have an abortion because
of her age,’ Shcherbakov said.
The bodies were found hanging from trees in
woodland next to Zmeevo village on the outskirts
of the western Russian town of Tver after the pair
had vanished, sparking a search by locals and
police officers. The girl's mother said that they had
discovered she was three months’ pregnant the
same day, and that they had tried to stop her
seeing her boyfriend because of the age difference.
He had reportedly worked as a security guard at a
local shopping centre.
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