Serial Killer Grandma Who Made and Gifted 'Inyuk Cookie' Dies from COVID-19

Cookies Made with Human Flesh Gifted to Children

A Russian serial killer grandmother who made dishes from human flesh and gifted them to people around her died of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) on the 29th of last month. Photo by solohorroritalia Instagram capture.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-ju] An 80-year-old Russian female serial killer who made dishes from human flesh and gifted them to people around her has died from the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

On the 5th, Daily Mail and others reported that Sofya Zhukova (81), who was imprisoned on charges of killing three people, was transferred to a hospital due to COVID-19 infection and died on December 29 of last year.

Zhukova is suspected of having killed at least three people so far, and the police were investigating four other unsolved murder cases with the possibility that she was responsible.

Zhukova committed her first murder six months after her husband died in 2005. The victim was a neighbor girl who was 8 years old at the time of her death in 2005.

After the first murder, she killed a 77-year-old friend with whom she had financial dealings and a 52-year-old street cleaner over the course of about 10 years.

Then, in January 2019, parts of the street cleaner's body were found in a trash bin near her house in Khabarovsk, which led to the discovery of her crimes.

Two months later, the police found human organs in Zhukova's refrigerator and urgently arrested her.

Neighbors said she made food from the victims and gave it to children.

One neighbor said, "Zhukova was always unfriendly to people, but it was strange that she cooked and shared food with local children."

He added, "Sometimes she also shared her dishes with adults, and it was always meat dishes."

Residents said, "We knew the grandmother used to kill stray cats, but we never thought she would kill people."

Residents testified that Zhukova had worked as a laborer for years, was very strong for her age, and often carried blunt weapons.

The serial murder case of Zhukova, which was to be tried at the Khabarovsk Regional Court, was postponed several times due to her changing statements. Zhukova, who was waiting to stand trial, died on the 29th of last month due to COVID-19 infection.