Police in the Almaty Region have detained a suspect in the killing of Vladimir Teplyakov, founder of the Dog House "Tvardovsky Dom" animal shelter, the regional police department said, according to infohub.kz.
According to the department, officers opened a criminal case into the man's killing on October 7 this year. During investigative operations, law enforcement identified and detained the suspect, who has now been taken into custody.
"As part of the investigation, the detained person's involvement in the killing is being checked, and all the circumstances of the incident are being established in order to conduct a full, comprehensive and objective examination of the criminal case," the Almaty Region police department said.
The investigation is under the special supervision of the leadership of the Almaty Region police department, it said. No other information may be disclosed under Article 201 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Earlier, on November 3, the Telegram channel kris.p.media reported that police had detained a suspect in the killing of Vladimir Teplyakov, founder of the Dog House "Tvardovsky Dom" shelter.
Recall that on October 8 it was reported that 90 dogs had been left in the steppe near Almaty after the death of their owner, Vladimir Teplyakov, founder of the Dog House "Tvardovsky Dom" animal rescue shelter. The Almaty Region police department later disclosed some details of the shelter founder's death.
On October 12 it emerged that the Almaty Region was still looking for places to house the dogs from the Dog House shelter after the death of Vladimir Teplyakov. Volunteers, animal welfare advocates and the akimat joined the effort.