Anatoly Onoprienko

Anatoly Yuriyovych Onoprienko (July 25,1959 - August 27, 2013) was an prolific serial killer and family annihilator in Ukraine. He admitted to killing fifty-two people in a seven year period.

Background
Anatoly Yuriyovych Onoprienko was born to Yuri and a unnamed woman on July 25, 1959, in Lasky, Zhytomyr Oblast. He had an older brother, Valentin. After his mother died and father didn't want him he was sent to an orphanage. Onoprienko claimed this is what started his taste to kill parents and only killed the children so they wouldn't have to live as orphans like he did.

Crimes and arrest
When he was thirty-years-old, he with the help of his friend, Sergei Rogozin, robbed a family of ten. Onoprienko then shot them all to death, stole their personal belongings, and burned the house. He ceased all contact with Rogozin. The police had no leads and the investigation went cold.

In the same year he killed a family of five. It was believed the murders were intentional, though Onoprienko confessed it was because they walked in on them while they were robbing the place.

He found the Zaichenko family home. He took an assortment of weapons and decided to rob the house. He shot them all even though they didn't see him rob them. He then set the house on fire.

Nine days later he killed a family of four. He then walked out but was seen by a man walking down the street, Onoprienko said he only killed him because he was a witness.

a few days later he stopped four cars and killed the drivers. The victims were Savitsky, Kasai, Kochergina, and an unidentifiable male.

Eleven days later he killed a family of five. He then killed two witnesses, Kondzela, Twenty-seven, and Zakharko, Fifty-six.

He continued killing families until his arrest On April 16, 1996, when his assortment of weapons were discovered.

Sentence and Death
Onoprienko escaped the death penalty because it was abolished while he was in prison. He was sentenced to life in prison.

Many were angered when he had the possibility of parole, but he died at the age of fifty-four on August 24, 2013, before he had the chance.

Modus Operandi
Anatoly Onoprienko targeted random individuals at random times, this made it hard for investigators to find a motive.

He shot, robbed, then burned his victims, and would kill any witnesses who got in the way.

Known Victims
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On Criminal Minds
While Anatoly Onoprienko has yet to be referenced or mentioned in the show, he appears to have been an inspiration for the following unsubs:

Karl Arnold (" The Fox ") and (" Outfoxed ") - both were family annihilators, broke into their victims homes and killed everyone. Unlike Arnold, he didn't stalk his victims and didn't sexually assault the female victims.