A photo of Nikolay Soltys, released by the Sacramento County
Sheriff''s department August 25, 2001.
(Photo Courtesy of the Sacramento County''s Police Department/Getty
Images)
Nikolay Soltys with his son Sergey.
Nikolay Soltys 1998.
An undated photo of Nicolay Soltys, a 27-year-old Ukrainian
immigrant.
(Photo Courtesy of the Sacramento County Sheriffs Dept./Getty Images)
Two mug shots of suspected murdered Nikolay Soltys are displayed
on an FBI Ten Most Wanted List poster
on the FBI website. Soltys was added to the FBI''s Ten Most Wanted
List on August 23, 2001.
Nikolay Soltys Wanted Poster.
Nikolay Soltys Wanted Poster.
Sacramento County Sheriff Department deputies stand over the body
of a 10-year-old boy,
one of five killed August 20, 2001 in Rancho Cordova, CA.
Nikolay Soltys arrested.
Sacramento County Sheriff Lou Blanas announces the capture of
suspected murderer Nikolay Soltys
August 30, 2001 at a news conference in Rancho Cordova, California.
Soltys was caught in the
backyard of his mother''s home in Sacramento, ending a 10-day
nationwide manhunt.
Alleged mass murderer Nikolay Soltys, seen in this undated police
photo.
Multiple murder suspect Nikolay Soltys, right, and his court
assigned Public Defender, Tommy Clinkenbeard,
listen as Judge Patrick Marlette reads the seven charges of murder
that are being filed against Soltys
during his arraignment September 4, 2001 held in Sacramento Superior
Court. Soltys did not enter
a plea during the proceedings and his arraignment was put over until
October 2, 2001 to give him
more time to meet with his attorney. (Pool Photo/Getty Images)
Multiple murder suspect Nikolay Soltys, center, hangs his head as
interpretor Elena Yakshin, right, translates
for his court appointed Public Defender, Tommy Clinkenbeard, left,
during his arraignment September 4,
2001 in Sacramento Superior Court. Soltys did not enter a plea on
the seven murder charges and
Sacramento Superior Judge Patrick Marlette, put over the arraignment
until October 2, 2001 to give
Soltys and his attorney more time to meet. (Pool Photo/Getty Images)
Children carry photos of murder victims Dima Kukharskiy (L)
Galina Kukharskya (2nd L) Tanya Kukharskya
(2nd R) and Peter Kukharskiy (R) at the Bethany Slavic Missionary
Church August 26, 2001 in Sacramento,
CA during funeral services for three adults and three children who
were allegedly murdered by Ukrainian
immigrant Nikolay Soltys. (Photo By Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
The victims