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Russian police fear that serial-killing Russian grandmother
Tamara Samsonova may have been a cannibal.
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Tamara Samsonova
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Tamara Samsonova
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While in court, Samsonova (pictured) blew a kiss to reporters and
told them: 'I knew you would come.
It's such a disgrace for me, all the city will know'.
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Police now fear Samsonova - who was arrested last month after
CCTV emerged apparently showing her
with a victim - could be responsible for further killings after
mysterious human remains were
found dumped in bags.
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Tamara Samsonova
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Tamara Samsonova
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During an interrogation by Russian police, Samsonova (right)
admitted to boiling the severed head
and hands of her victim after sawing up her body.
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The apartment block on Dimitrova Street in St Petersburg where
Tamara Samsonova lived for 40 years.
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Police found Samsonova's bizarre diaries - written in English,
German and Russian - after they arrested
her at her and searched her apartment bock in St Petersburg (pictured).
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Pictured is the front door of suspected serial killer Tamara
Samsonova. Her neighbour said: 'I do believe
she committed all these horrible murders right on the other side of my
wall'.
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Police arrested Samsonova in July after sniffer dogs found the
remains of a body near her St Petersburg
flat (pictured) - where they found bizarre diaries written in
German, English and Russian.
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Samsonova was taken back to the grounds of the St Petersburg
apartment block (pictured)
to help search for the severed head in August.
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'Granny Ripper' Tamara Samsonova reenacts how she beheaded her
final victim
before boiling her head in a saucepan.