Some Murderers I Have Known
Andrew Pakhomov, Ph.D.
There’s no story here. I really didn’t know this guy; but Andrew Pakhomov was a UAH physics professor (department chair, I think) and I had a lab or two with him several years before the murder. I only include his story because some of you are wondering who the fourth murderer is - and also because this story is so incredibly lurid.
In late May of 2006, Dr. Andrew Pakhomov murdered his wife, Elena Zakin, and threw her body in the Tennessee River. This case has everything: domestic violence, infidelity, a successful murder, and a botched coverup. It’s such a titillating story that Investigation Discovery used it in “Betrayed”, one of their true crime shows. The episode is “Blinded By Betrayal”. So, if you’re the sort of person who obsessively watches murder documentaries (Meagan), here’s the link:
If you’re not the sort of person who watches murder documentaries; or, more likely, you can’t get access to the site because you don’t have the right internet service, here are a couple of links that will let you read the dishy details.
Aaaand here’s the guilty verdict:
In my defense, he didn’t seem like a raving lunatic at the time.
Also, I’m not sure why a physics professor can’t figure out how much weight you have to attach to a body to keep it from floating. Those of you who actually critique murders are wondering that, I'm sure.
I knew them both when he was a PhD student at MTU in Michigan in 1994. At that time they were freshly married, very much in love. His black eyes were moist when he was looking at her. Few years later they visited us in California. On the surface everything looked OK. She seemed happy, laughed a lot, he was a successful professor in Alabama and seemed very contented. The only thing that changed was his gaze: there was so much hatred in his eyes now that it scared me.
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