US police accused the wife of Ukrainian pianist in killing daughters
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Sofya Tsygankova, the wife of the famous Ukrainian pianist Vadim Kholodenko, is charged with the murder of two young daughters. A police report at ForumDaily reports that Tsygankova is accused of first-degree murder of people up to 10 years.
The bodies of 5-year-old Nika Kholodenko and one-year-old Michela Kholodenko were discovered in a private home in Benbrook, Texas, 17 March.
31-year-old Tsygankova, who was in a state of divorce proceedings with Kholodenko, was taken to hospital with knife wounds. The police believe that she herself has injured herself.
The crime committed, as reported in the report of the Benbrooke police, qualifies as a heavy murder punishable by death.
“We have good reason to believe that she [Tsygankova] committed these murders,” said at a press conference on Monday, police chief David Babcock.
According to Babcock, Vadim Kolodenko, arriving at his wife’s house at the agreed time to pick up the children, found them in the children's bedroom without any visible damage and unconscious.
Being in a state of shock, Kholodenko called the 911 rescue phone and reported the incident. Police say they have no suspicions regarding Kholodenko.
In the near future, Sophia Tsygankova will undergo a psychiatric examination, after which she will be sent to the Tarrant district prison.
The pianist’s family moved to the United States in 2013 after Vadim Kholodenko won the prestigious International Van Cliburn Piano Competition in Fort Worth.
In November last year, Kholodenko filed for divorce from Tsygankova, also a pianist, after five years of marriage. In the house in which the tragedy occurred, he has not lived since August.
Photo: Fort Worth Star Telegram / Andrea Ahles
The local press reports that 29-year-old pianist Vadim Kolodenko is currently a partner in the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.
Agency TASS, with reference to its sources, сообщаетthat Tsygankova, presumably, is a Russian citizen, like their elder daughter Nika with Kholodenko.
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