Le Silence sous la Craie : L’Héritage Maudit des Sokolov
Le froid de ce 17 novembre 2023 n’était rien comparé au gel qui avait envahi les veines de l’opératrice du 112. À 5h14 du matin, une voix enfantine, cristalline mais dépourvue de tout tremblement humain, murmura dans le combiné :
« Il y a un étranger dans la maison. »
Huit minutes plus tard, la police pénétrait dans le manoir de trois étages du prestigieux complexe Bosque dos Pinheiros. Ce qu’ils découvrirent à l’intérieur ne ressemblait pas à un cambriolage qui avait mal tourné, mais à un rituel d’une violence inouïe, une exécution méthodique dont le coût humain s’élevait à trois vies, mais dont le coût financier et psychologique allait ébranler les fondements mêmes de la haute finance russe. Au milieu de ce carnage, Lisa Sokolova, 7 ans, attendait, enveloppée dans une couverture, le regard vide, comme une statue de porcelaine épargnée par un ouragan de sang.
Ce n’était pas seulement la fin d’une famille exemplaire, c’était l’explosion d’un empire financier et le début d’une enquête qui allait révéler que le véritable monstre ne portait pas de masque, mais un cartable d’écolière. Le dossier Sokolov n’était pas qu’un fait divers ; c’était une faillite morale et biologique, une analyse de risque que personne, malgré les millions de roubles en jeu, n’avait vu venir.
On November 17, 2023, at 5:14 AM, a call was received from a 7-year-old girl named Lisa to the emergency number 112. With a trembling voice, she reported that a stranger had broken into her house. The operator asked Lisa to hide and wait for the police to arrive. The first patrol car arrived at the scene after 8 minutes. At the three-story mansion in the exclusive Bosque dos Pinheiros condominium, the lifeless bodies of three people were found with numerous stab wounds and cuts.
Ana Sokolova, 34 years old, was in the master bedroom on the second floor. Sergei Sokolov, 38 years old, was found in the hallway next to the stairs. The baby Kiril Sokolov, 11 months old, was in his crib. The only survivor was Lisa Sokolova, 7 years old. She was found wrapped in a blanket in a corner of the living room. During the examination, paramedics did not detect any physical injuries on her.
During questioning, she said she had woken up to a noise, seen a masked man, and hid. The tragedy at the Sokolov house shocked even experienced police officers. At the time, it was suspected that the investigation group was looking for a criminal who didn’t exist and that the real culprit was right in front of them the whole time.
The Sokolov family moved to the Pine Forest in 2016. Sergei held the position of financial director at a large bank with an annual income exceeding 15 million rubles. Anna had previously worked as a model, but after the birth of their daughter, she dedicated herself to the home and involvement in charitable organizations.
According to neighbors, they were an exemplary family; they always smiled and greeted each other. Sergei walked the dog every morning. Anna organized charity events. All of us, the enviable Sokolov, attended the second year of a prestigious school. Teachers noticed her exceptional abilities in mathematics and music. At age 6, she already spoke fluent English and was preparing for international Olympiads. She had the highest IQ in her grade.
« We predicted a great future for her, » says the school principal, Svetlana Morozova.
« If someone had told me she would be capable of something like this, I would never have believed it. »
The first worrying signs… The events began after Kirilo’s birth in December 2022. That’s exactly when strange incidents started occurring at the Sokolov home. In January 2023, the baby was taken to the hospital with symptoms similar to poisoning. Doctors couldn’t determine the exact cause. In February, Ana discovered an open window in the children’s room, although she was sure she had closed it. In March, the nanny found puncture marks on the child’s body. The investigation revealed that they were punctures made with a sewing needle.
Maria Petrova, 65, worked as a nanny for the Sokolov family for two years. She was the first to raise the alarm.
« I noticed how the girl looked at her brother. I will never forget that look until the end of my life. A total absence of emotions, as if she were looking not at a person but at an object. I tried to talk to Ana, but she didn’t listen to me. »
In April 2023, Maria was hospitalized with severe poisoning. The toxicology exam revealed traces of rat poison in her blood. After being discharged, the woman refused to return to the Sokolov home and resigned.
« I was convinced that Lisa had done it, but who? Who would believe that a 7-year-old child would be capable of something like that? »
In the following six months, five nannies were changed at the Sokolov house; none worked there for more than a month. The last one resigned a week before the tragedy, complaining about the oppressive atmosphere and the girl’s strange behavior. Neighbors began to notice changes in the family. Ana seemed exhausted and cried frequently. Serg began to stay longer at work. Heated arguments were heard more frequently in the house.
Once, Viana ran out of the house in the middle of the night wearing only a nightgown. She screamed on the phone that she couldn’t take it anymore, that something terrible was happening at home, recounts neighbor Kravtsova. The day before the incident, Lisa’s teacher summoned the parents to the school. Drawings of knives and bloody figures were found in her notebook. The school psychologist recommended consulting a specialist, but it was too late.
On November 17, 2023, at 11:40 PM, the Sokolov couple returned from a charity event. The housekeeper had left the house at 10:15 PM after putting the children to bed, according to the records of… Security cameras showed that no one entered or left the house until the police arrived. According to the investigation materials, the events of the night of November 17, 2023, were reconstructed step by step.
Ana and Sergei Sokolov returned home at 11:40 PM from a charity event for the Children of the Future Foundation. Security cameras recorded that they went to their room at 11:52 PM; at that time, the children were already asleep. At 13 minutes later, the camera in the hallway shows Lisa leaving her room and going to the kitchen. She spends 7 minutes there before returning to her room with something in her hand. Experts later determined it was a kitchen knife with a 14-centimeter blade. At 34 minutes later, the camera on the stairs records Lisa going up to the third floor where Kiril’s room was located. There was no camera in the room itself.
Therefore, investigators had to rely on indirect evidence and the results of the forensic examination. Kiril Sokolov was found in his crib with numerous stab wounds and cuts to his neck and chest. In total, experts counted eight stab wounds, according to the forensic report. The pathologist determined that death occurred due to blood loss around 12:40 AM.
At 12:53 AM, the camera records Lisa descending the stairs again; this time dark stains can be seen on her nightgown. Forensic experts confirmed it was the baby’s blood. Subsequent events occurred in the parents’ bedroom on the second floor. Judging by the position of the bodies and the nature of the injuries, Ana Sokolova was the next victim. She received 12 stab wounds, mainly in the neck and upper torso area. Defensive wounds were found on her hands, indicating that the woman tried to protect herself.
Ana likely woke up during the attack, says the coroner’s report. The nature of the injuries indicates that the first stab wounds were inflicted while she was lying on her back. Then she tried to sit up and push the attacker away. The investigation revealed that particles of Lisa’s skin and threads from her nightgown were found under Ana’s fingernails. This indicated that there was a brief struggle between mother and daughter. Ana’s screams likely indicate she woke up. Judging by the marks on her neck and blood splatters on the walls, the man jumped out of bed and ran to the bedroom door. He received a stab wound in the…
Sergei suffered multiple stab wounds to his back and other injuries when he fell in the hallway. A total of 17 wounds were identified on Sergei’s body. Death was caused by a stab wound that severed the carotid artery. After the incident, Lisa returned to the kitchen where she thoroughly washed the knife, then changed her nightgown and hid it in the trash can in the garage. It was precisely there that forensic experts found this crucial evidence.
At 1:42 AM, cameras recorded Lisa returning to her room. She remained there until 5:14 AM before calling emergency services. Investigator Alexei Karpov, who was the first to arrive at the scene, recalls :
« When I entered the house, I saw the girl in the living room. She was sitting motionless, wrapped in a blanket. The first thing that intrigued me was the absence of tears. Children in such situations are usually hysterical. »
During questioning, Lisa recounted that she had woken up to a noise, seen a tall man dressed in black and wearing a mask, and then hid in the closet. She stated that she did not see what happened to her parents and brother. Her story was very coherent for a child in a state of shock, observes Karpov. She repeated the same phrases without variations as if she had memorized them. This is atypical for witnesses, especially children.
Initially, the police were still searching for an unknown criminal. Forensic experts carefully checked all the windows and doors of the house for signs of forced entry. Security camera footage was examined not only in the house but throughout the property. No evidence of intrusion by a stranger was found. The turning point in the investigation occurred three days after the incident.
Criminal experts found microscopic bloodstains from all three victims on the kitchen knife that had been carefully cleaned and placed back in the drawer. Lisa’s fingerprints were discovered on the knife handle. The former nanny, Maria Petrova, upon learning of the tragedy, immediately contacted the police.
« I told them to immediately check the girl; she is capable of this. »
The psychologist Helena Volkova, who had worked with Lisa at school, gave investigators a notebook with drawings in which Lisa had depicted scenes of violence. In recent months, her drawings had become increasingly disturbing; they frequently showed a baby surrounded by red lines resembling blood.
On December 6, 2023. After two weeks of investigation, investigators concluded that Lisa Sokolova had committed the crime. Due to her age, she could not be held criminally responsible by court order. She was admitted for compulsory treatment to a specialized, closed psychiatric clinic. Dr. Vera Censia, head of the child psychiatry department, conducted a comprehensive examination of Lisa and diagnosed a rare form of childhood psychopathy.
The girl completely lacks empathy and feels no remorse for her actions. At the same time, her intelligence is significantly above average, which allowed her to hide her true condition for a long time. During therapy sessions, Lisa finally spoke about the motives for her act. In her words, she planned the action since the birth of her brother.
« They loved him, but I wanted them to disappear. »
This phrase is recorded in the protocol of the session of January 15, 2024. After Lisa was admitted to a specialized medical institution, investigators continued investigating the family’s history. Investigators discovered that behind the apparent prosperity there were serious problems that no one had noticed. Analysis of Ana Sokolova’s personal correspondence showed that she had noticed worrying changes in her child’s behavior. A year before the tragedy, in messages to her friend Marina Klimova, she wrote :
« Sometimes I’m afraid of my own daughter. This isn’t normal, I know, but when she looks at me, it seems like there’s a void in her. »
According to his colleagues, Sergei Sokolov had become reserved and irritable in recent months. He refused corporate events and frequently took work home. According to his deputy, Igor Pavlov, Sergei once admitted that something strange was happening at home but refused to explain exactly what. A review of Lisa’s school records revealed several previously undisclosed incidents :
In September 2022, a teacher found a dead bird in Lisa’s desk wrapped in a paper napkin; in October, two classmates complained that Lisa had threatened them with scissors; in December, the school nurse documented an incident in which Lisa hit another student’s head against the edge of a table, but the victim’s parents did not file a complaint. The parents withdrew Lisa from school for two weeks after these incidents. Sergei explained to the administration that they had consulted a private psychologist; records of consultations were not found in the file after the birth of Kiril.
The baby’s condition worsened drastically. Medical records documented six visits to the emergency room during the first six months of her life. Doctors diagnosed bruises, cuts, and first-degree burns. The parents explained the injuries as domestic accidents. In February 2023, the pediatrician sent a request to child protection services asking for a review of the child’s condition, but the investigation found no violations.
Security camera footage from the house, recovered by technical experts, contained dozens of episodes in which Lisa caused pain to her brother when the parents weren’t looking. She pricked him with needles, covered his face with a pillow, and added unknown substances to the baby’s food. In Ana’s personal diary, found in the bedroom safe, there were notes about her growing suspicions :
« Today I caught L standing over K’s crib with scissors. She said she wanted to cut a piece of her hair as a souvenir. I don’t believe her. My God, I’m going crazy. This is my daughter. S says I need to rest. »
The last entry in the diary is dated November 15th, two days before the incident :
« I found her collection in a shoebox under the bed. In it were pieces of Kiril’s hair, her pacifier soaked in something red. A dried rat and wires tied in knots like fingers. I showed him, he finally understood, we decided to take him to a specialist on Monday. I hope it’s not too late. »
During the search of Lisa’s room, specialists discovered a hiding place in the ventilation duct. There were detailed plans and drawings about the action, dated 3 months before the event. The notes contained sketches of the house, camera compositions, diagrams of the parents’ and nanny’s movements, as well as lists of necessary tools. The psychiatric examination carried out in February 2024 revealed signs of a rare form of childhood psychopathy in Lisa, including behavioral disorders, sadistic tendencies, and a complete lack of empathy.
Dr. Kamenskaya observed in her conclusion :
« The patient shows a high level of manipulative behavior. She consciously creates the image of a normal child. Although fully aware of her actions and their consequences, during therapy sessions Lisa gradually began to speak openly about her actions. »
The recordings of these sessions, included in the case files, contain shocking confessions :
« I liked to see Mom cry when something happened to Kiril. She thought I was worried too, but I just wanted to see… »
How long would she cry when asked if she felt any remorse for the death of her parents and brother? Lisa replied :
« No, they bothered me. Especially when they pretended everything was fine. Nothing was fine; they were just pretending. »
The special attention of the specialists was drawn to the methodology with which Lisa planned the act. According to the child psychiatrist Alexei Morozov, called to the case, most children with antisocial tendencies act impulsively. Lisa’s case is unique because she demonstrated the capacity for long-term planning, secrecy, and manipulation at the level of an adult criminal.
The official medical report states that Lisa Sokolova represents a high danger to society and requires long-term treatment in a closed institution with constant observation. The expert commission, considering her age and mental state, recognized Lisa as mentally incapable.
The Sokolov family’s assets were auctioned off, and the funds obtained were deposited into a special account to which Lisa will only have access upon reaching adulthood and on the condition of successful treatment. The house where the tragedy occurred was demolished after several months of being unoccupied by decision of the local authorities. The Lisa Sokolov case is linked to reports of strange behavior in children, according to… With the most recent data, Lisa Sokolova remains in a specialized medical institution.
Doctors note that her condition has not shown significant improvement in the last year. She remains distant, rarely shows emotions, and continues to manipulate the staff and other patients. The prognosis for recovery is considered extremely guarded by specialists.
On October 15, 2021, Friday, an ordinary autumn day in the provincial city of Tish Gosk, at school number 156, the last bell rang. Alisa Kravtsova said goodbye to her friends at the school gate at 2:38 PM. A surveillance camera from a nearby store recorded her walking towards her home wearing a blue jacket and a unicorn-themed backpack. This 40-second video clip was the last known image of Alisa for the next 783 days.
At 5:15 PM, Ana Kravtsova, Alisa’s mother, called the police. Her daughter had not returned home and was not answering calls. The girl’s phone was switched off. The distance from the school to her house was 1.2 km, a route Alisa had taken daily for 2 years.
« I knew immediately that something had happened. Alisa was never more than 15 minutes late; she always let her friends know when she was going to be late, » recalls Ana Kravtsova.
The first police patrol arrived at the Kravtsov family home at 6:30 PM. Sergeant Igor Petrov registered the missing person report but noted that the case would only be officially opened after 24 hours—this was standard procedure. Contrary to instructions, Ana immediately began her own search. She called all of her daughter’s friends, teachers, and neighbors until midnight. More than 30 volunteers searched the area between the school and the Kravtsov family home. By morning, their number had increased to 114 people.
Investigator Nicolai Savin received the case of Alisa Kravtsova’s disappearance on October 16th at 9:30 AM. By that time, 28 witnesses had already been questioned, including teachers, classmates, and school staff. The girl attended all six classes; nothing unusual was observed in her behavior. Her grades that day were: Math 10, Russian 7, Physical Education (excused due to a mild cold). According to Professor Ir Smirnova’s report, surveillance camera data confirmed that Alisa left the school grounds at 2:38 PM. After that, her trail was lost.
The camera on the corner of Lesna Street, where she was supposed to appear after 4 to 5 minutes, did not register her passage. In the first week of the investigation, the police pursued three main theories: running away from home (discarded due to lack of motive and the fact that all of Alisa’s belongings remained at home), kidnapping (the most likely version), and accident. Searches in ravines and abandoned buildings yielded no results.
Mikil Kravtsov, Alisa’s father, who lived in Novo Zbir after the divorce, was under suspicion in the first two weeks of the investigation. A check revealed that he was at his workplace on the day of his daughter’s disappearance, which was confirmed by surveillance and statements from colleagues. On October 25th, there was the first breakthrough in the investigations: a witness reported seeing a girl resembling Alisa talking to a man in work clothes near the school. The composite sketch created was very inaccurate: a man between 45 and 55 years old, of average height. Average size: wearing a dark jacket and cap.
By the end of the first month of the search, the intensity of the investigations began to decrease. All basements and attics within a 2 km radius of the disappearance site had been checked. All people previously convicted of crimes against minors and residents of the city were questioned. Divers examined the city’s lake. The longer a child is not found, the lower the chances of finding them alive. The statistics are unforgiving; after 72 hours, the probability of a happy ending drops to 30%, and after two weeks, to 10%.
According to an interview with criminal lawyer Andrei Volkov, who acted as a consultant on the case, the search for Alisa was widely covered by local and federal media in the first two weeks. For a month, the girl’s face was on the front pages of newspapers. Volunteers from neighboring towns came to help in the search, but gradually society’s attention shifted to other news. In January 2022, three months after her disappearance, Alisa Kravtsova’s case was reclassified as « missing with suspected criminal outcome. »
This meant that the active search was suspended, and the information was transferred for regular verification in databases. Ana Kravtsova refused to accept this situation. She resigned from her job to dedicate all her time to the search for her daughter. With savings and loans, she printed more than 100,000 flyers with Alisa’s photo, which she regularly updated throughout the city and neighboring towns. She placed new ads every two weeks, even though…
« If the old photos hadn’t been torn down, people would have to constantly see Alisa’s face to memorize it. I knew she was alive; a mother’s heart doesn’t lie, » says Ana.
Investigator Nicolai Savin, defying orders from his superiors, continued working on the case in his free time. He regularly returned to the documents and checked new reports, which were becoming increasingly rare.
« Something wouldn’t leave me in peace in this case; everything was too clean, without traces, without clues, as if Alisa had simply disappeared within a 200-meter radius between two surveillance cameras. »
Investigator Savin’s statement: On the anniversary of Alisa’s disappearance, a local TV station produced a short report. Images of the search were shown, interviews with the mother, and school photos of Alisa. The report ended with the standard phrase: « If you have any information, please call the hotline. » At that point, most of the inhabitants of Tish Goos had already accepted the idea that Alisa was no longer alive.
At school number 156, a memorial photo was placed in the classroom where Alisa studied. Only two people hadn’t lost hope: Alisa’s mother and… The investigator Savin, and as the subsequent investigation showed, his persistence was justified. Because during all this time Alissa Kravtsova was just a few meters from her former classmates under the floor of school number 156 in a secret room created by a person whom everyone considered discreet and harmless :
Victor Morozov, a 54-year-old school caretaker who had worked at the institution for 15 years, had impeccable references, and was respected by his colleagues. He transformed a technical tunnel under the school into a prison for Alissa, but until his exposure, many months of silence and despair would still remain.
The place where Victor Morozov kept Alisa Kravtsova was a 2.5m by 3m room in a technical tunnel under the gymnasium of school number 156. According to the investigation documents, Morozov began preparing this room months before the kidnapping. The technical tunnels were built in the 1970s to accommodate utility lines in the school’s official plans. After the building’s renovation in 1998, they were marked as… In fact, only the caretaker and some employees of the maintenance companies knew about them.
« We only used the main technical floor to access the utility lines. Most employees didn’t even know about the existence of additional tunnels. »
According to the testimony of the plumber Genad Petrov, who serviced the school building, Morozov created a hidden passage to the tunnel through the sports equipment storage. The false wall on movable hinges seemed like a common part of the room. The room was full of boxes and household items. The room itself was carefully soundproofed with old mattresses and styrofoam boards. The walls were lined with boards. The floor was covered with linoleum.
Ventilation was provided through a pipe specially installed by Morozov that led to the school’s back courtyard behind the garbage containers. The room’s equipment included a metal bed with a thin mattress, a table and a plastic chair, a chemical toilet, a sink with water connected to the school’s system, an electric heater, a dim lamp connected to the school’s electrical grid, and a metal cabinet for clothes and toiletries.
According to Alisa’s testimony, the lighting in the room was dim; often the lamp only worked. For several hours a day, Morozov explained this by the need to save electricity so as not to raise suspicions due to increased consumption.
« I didn’t see sunlight for 783 days, only a weak yellow lamp and a flashlight that he sometimes left on. »
From Alisa’s first interview with psychologists after her release, October 15, 2021, the day of the kidnapping, was reconstructed by investigators based on the testimonies of the victim and the perpetrator himself. Morozov lured Alisa back to school after classes, saying that her mother had asked her to pick up some things from the locker room. After taking Alisa to the gym’s storage room, he stunned her with a blow to the head and then took her to the prepared room.
« When I woke up, it was completely dark. I didn’t understand where my head was. It hurt a lot. At first, I thought I had died. »
From Alisa’s testimony, the detention regime established by Morozov was very regulated. He came twice a day, in the morning between 6 and 7 am before the start of classes and in the evening between 7 and 8 pm when only the cleaning staff were in the building. He brought food and necessary hygiene items. And discarding leftovers, the diet reconstructed from store receipts found in Morozov’s apartment was meager but sufficient to sustain life: bread, pasta, canned food, preserved meat, preserved fish, fresh vegetables in limited quantities, fruit (apples, bananas once a week), milk and kefir, chocolate on holidays.
Throughout her captivity, Alisa received no medical assistance for respiratory illnesses. Morozov gave her the most common antiviral medications he bought at the pharmacy.
« I had a high fever twice, I thought I was going to die. He brought paracetamol and forced me to drink a lot, » Alisa recalls.
Psychologically, the most difficult aspect of captivity was the constant presence of life above her head through the ceiling.
« The sounds of the school were clearly audible: bells for classes, children’s voices, the impact of balls in the gym, footsteps. I heard them running in Physical Education class. Sometimes I recognized the teachers’ voices when the children laughed during recess. I covered my ears and cried, » Alisa recounts.
According to Alisa, in the first months of captivity she was in a state of constant fear and despair. Morozov threatened to kill her and her mother if she tried. To get attention or escape, Alisa made several attempts to get attention or scream, but the soundproofing and noise of the school made these attempts fruitless.
« She screamed when she heard voices, then she would get angry, then she would stay angry, then it was useless, and time would stop. »
She made scratches on the wall and marked the days, determining the time of day by the bell and the sounds at school. She learned the class schedule by the sounds and activities above her. Morozov confessed during interrogation to having developed a strange bond with his victim. He brought her books from the school library, notebooks, and pencils. In the third month of captivity, he gave her a radio that only worked on one frequency, the state radio station.
In the notebooks found after her liberation, Alisa kept a diary, drew, and solved math problems from textbooks. Psychologists observe that this intellectual activity likely helped Alisa maintain her sanity under conditions of sensory deprivation.
« I knew I needed to keep studying. I imagined I was sitting in class with everyone else. I solved the problems I heard when math class was happening, » Alisa recounts.
Hundreds of drawings made with pencils and pens reflect Alisa’s psychological state at different stages of captivity. In the first months, somber images predominated, mainly of home and family. In the intermediate period, abstract patterns, labyrinths, and mathematical formulas emerged. In the last period, she created complex compositions with many details and tried to replicate natural landscapes.
It is notable that Morozov himself or the space of captivity does not appear in any of the drawings. Interaction with the kidnapper, according to Alisa’s testimony, was minimal. Morozov rarely spoke to her and mainly gave brief instructions. In the first year, he reacted aggressively to all attempts to ask questions. In the second year, he became more communicative and sometimes told her about events at school or in the city.
« He said he took better care of me than my parents, that I should be grateful. I nodded and agreed because I was scared, » recalls Alisa.
According to medical examinations and psychological interviews, there was no physical violence of a sexual nature; however, there were cases of physical punishment for attempts at inappropriate behavior: blows with a ruler to the hands, deprivation of food for a day. During the second year of captivity, Alisa developed signs of severe depression and psychological adaptation to the situation. She offered less resistance.
The demands of Morozov showed signs of what is called Stockholm syndrome, a psychological bond with the aggressor. This is a normal reaction of the psyche to a prolonged traumatic situation.
« Lisa is adapting to conditions she cannot change, » explains psychologist Irina Kovaleva, who worked with Lisa after her release.
A significant factor in Alisa’s psychological state was the constant hope of rescue. In her diary, she frequently mentioned her mother and expressed the conviction that she would not give up the search :
« Mom will find me. I know it, I just need to wait. » (Note from June 12, 2022, written in the margin of a Russian book).
At the end of the second year of captivity, Morozov began to show signs of nervousness. According to Alisa, he frequently spoke about the need for change and mentioned that the school was no longer safe. As the investigation later revealed, this coincided with the arrival of a new cleaner, Svetlana Orlova, at the school, who began to notice peculiarities in the cleaner’s behavior.
Alisa spent 783 days in the underground cell. During that time, she grew 7 cm, lost 5 kg, and filled 18 notebooks. With texts and drawings, she read 43 books brought by Morozov and survived two serious illnesses without medical assistance. When she was discovered on December 5, 2023, doctors identified in Alisa moderate anemia, vitamin deficiency, partial muscle atrophy, sleep cycle disorder, signs of depression and PTSD.
Considering the conditions of detention, the victim’s physical state can be considered satisfactory. This attests to a high level of resilience and the body’s ability to adapt to extreme conditions. According to the medical commission, specialists believe that Alisa’s return to a normal life will be a long process; physical rehabilitation will take six months to a year, and psychological rehabilitation several years.
Most importantly, Alisa has not lost the ability to trust people; she interacts actively, expresses emotions, and makes plans for the future.
« This is a good prognostic sign, » observes psychologist Kovaleva.
The investigation established that Morozov did not choose Alisa as a victim randomly; he observed her for several months in his apartment. Photos of Alisa taken with a hidden camera on school grounds and a separate notebook with notes on her schedule and movement routes were found.
« I wanted someone to depend completely on me, » is the only explanation.
From what Morozov gave during questioning, refusing to answer further questions without a lawyer, the investigation into the case of Alisa Kravtsova received an unexpected boost on September 15, 2023, almost two years after her disappearance. On that day, Svetlana Orlova, a 25-year-old cleaner who started working at school number 156, noticed the strange behavior of the caretaker, Victor Morozov.
