In Perm, Russia, a 34-year-old woman murdered her 9-year-old son, stabbed him 30 times, and dumped his body in a suitcase behind a dumpster. The killer? His own mother — Irina Shatova. Crushed by massive debt, abandoned by her ex-husband, and consumed by a pathological attachment to her child, Irina confessed she “didn’t want to leave him behind.” She planned to end her own life too — but never did. In this haunting episode of From Russia with Crime, we trace how financial desperation, emotional isolation, and untreated mental illness led to one of the most disturbing child murder cases in recent years.
In Perm, Russia, a 34-year-old woman murdered her 9-year-old son, stabbed him 30 times, and dumped his body in a suitcase behind a dumpster. The killer? His own mother — Irina Shatova. Crushed by massive debt, abandoned by her ex-husband, and consumed by a pathological attachment to her child, Irina confessed she “didn’t want to leave him behind.” She planned to end her own life too — but never did. In this haunting episode of From Russia with Crime, we trace how financial desperation, emotional isolation, and untreated mental illness led to one of the most disturbing child murder cases in recent years.