Led to her death by a ‘maniac’: Victim is ushered into elevator by Kazakh killer who raped and decapitated her, then boiled her head – and has now been jailed for 25 years

  • Rakhmanberdi Torebekov, 28, killed Ayazhan Edilova, 19, in March this year 
  • According to police, he murdered and raped her because she wouldn’t have sex after he refused.
  • To cover his tracks, the man cut off her head to hide it and then boiled it in an oven.
  • According to investigators, Torebekov also removed Edilova’s nails and teeth. 
  • He has been sentenced to 25 years in prison and ordered to pay £34,000 in compensation to Edilova’s family










After raping a female student of fashion design, he beheaded her and put her on the stove.

Ayazhan Eilova was 19 when Rakhmanberdi Torebekov, 28, killed her after she tried to fit him for a suit.

He takes her to a lift, as he is the last thing she saw alive.

In secret, a Kazakhstan court heard the details of the high-profile and gruesome case.

Ayazhan Edilova, 19, (pictured) was killed earlier this year by Rakhmanberdi Torebekov, 28, after she visited his home, intending to measure him for a suit

Ayazhan Edilova, 19, (pictured) was killed earlier this year by Rakhmanberdi Torebekov, 28, after she visited his home, intending to measure him for a suit

Security camera footage showed Torebekov ushering the teenager into a lift in his apartment building before he later killed her

Security camera footage showed Torebekov ushering the teenager into a lift in his apartment building before he later killed her

Edilova worked as a tailor in her hometown and was then sent to take his measurements before she planned to have a date with her boyfriend.

According to investigators, Torebekov killed and raped her after she declined his request for sex.

The court was then told that he dismembered her body and extracted every tooth and nail to cover the evidence of her death.

The victim’s relatives have called Torebekov an “evil maniac”, and demanded that he be kept in jail.

The teenager had had her head chopped off and police found it in a pot after it had been boiled

After the teenage girl had her head shaved, police discovered it inside a pot.

Almat Mulikov said, “When we looked at the photos of the body, we noticed that every nail had been removed and each tooth knocked out, then all the plastic bags were put in separate plastic bags.”

“Why was he so mad if he’s not insane?”

“If he was just trying to cover the crime, why didn’t he remove every single tooth?

“Why did he slow cut her head off and boil it in water?”

The victim's family have branded Torebekov an 'evil maniac', demanding that he should never be released from jail

Torebekov was deemed an “evil maniac” by the victim’s relatives, and they demanded that he be kept in jail.

Pictured: The building in Almaty, Kazakhstan, where Torebekov lived and had killed Edilova

Pictured: The building in Almaty, Kazakhstan, where Torebekov lived and had killed Edilova

Torebekov, a pharmacist trained with medical training who was raised in Almaty City, is described as someone who comes from a good family.

His boyfriend had raised an alarm and police stormed her flat. He tried to cut his throat when they arrived.

He admitted to the hospital that he had dismembered the student. Later, he scattered the body parts around the city in garbage containers.

He admitted to the murder in March 2021 and Judge Erkin Maishinov has sentenced him to 25 years in prison.

He was ordered to pay £34,000 in partial compensation to the family of the student.

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