Chikatilo met 17-year-old Larisa Tkachenko outside a public library in 1981. He overpowered Tkachenko and wrestled her to the ground, strangling her to death before biting off one of her nipples and desecrating her corpse. Chikatilo would disembowel many of his victims, often removing the uterus from women, which he said he would nibble and chew on, claiming to have enjoyed the taste and texture. Many of Chikatilo’s female victims were missing their uterus and nipples, both body parts Chikatilo claimed to have a particular fondness of chewing on. He even bit off one victim’s tongue. Chikatilo was executed on February 16, 1994, by a single gunshot behind the right ear.
