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MEDFORD, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — A Medford man is charged with murder after the bodies of two missing men were found inside a storage unit.
Medford Police Chief Jack Buckley confirmed Kiryl Schukin, 37, and Pavel Vekshin, 28, were both located in a storage unit on North Beacon Street in Brighton on Saturday. Police said their investigation suggests that both men had suffered from stab wounds and one man's body had been dismembered.
Leonid Volkov of Medford, has been arrested and charged with murder. Middlesex County District Attorney said Volkov was known to the victims.
"Just before midnight on April 14, investigators executed a search warrant on a Brighton storage unit that had been rented by the defendant using one of the victims’ names. Upon entry into the unit they were able to locate the bodies of both men inside rubber storage bins. The body of a man, tentatively identified as Kiryl Schukin, had been dismembered. Bleach, rubber gloves and items belonging to the deceased were also located," Middlesex County District Attorney's office said.
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Schukin and Vekshin were reported missing by their coworkers on April 9th.
Investigators say that Schukin was a guarantor on Volkov's apartment lease in Medford but recently declined to be the guarantor on his lease extension causing Volkov to get evicted.
"Through investigation, it is believed that Mr. Volkov and Mr. Schukin met in a rented U-Haul truck, which Mr. Volkov was driving, on March 29, 2023. Investigators also learned that a person believed to be Leonid Volkov was seen on video entering and leaving the victims’ building in the days following the last time Pavel Vekshin and Kiryl Schukin were seen. Police subsequently located that U-Haul at the storage facility where the bodies were found. Investigators believe the defendant was using it to transport items from the victims’ Locust Street apartment to the storage facility," Middlesex County DA Marian Ryan said.
Volkov has been charged with one count of murder. District Attorney Marian Ryan said this could change as the investigation progresses. He will be arraigned on Tuesday in Somerville District Court.
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