Popular rapper is found chopped up in his fridge in Russia after his wife claimed she dismembered him ‘to hide his drug overdose death from fans’
- The body of Andy Cartwright, 30, was found at his flat in St. Petersburg
- His wife told detectives she had dismembered his body after his death
- She is expected to undergo a polygraph test as part of a murder probe
The dismembered body of a popular rap singer was found in his flat in Russia.
Known as Andy Cartwright, 30, his wife claimed he had died of a drug overdose in St Petersburg.
She told detectives that she did not want his fans to know he had died such an ‘inglorious’ death – and dismembered his body over four days storing body parts in black plastic bags and her fridge.
The dismembered body of popular rap singer Andy Cartwright, 30, (pictured) was found in his flat in Russia
The dismembered body parts were found in the rapper’s flat in St Petersburg, pictured above
Wife Marina Kukhal, 36, (pictured) told detectives that she did not want his fans to know he had died such an ‘inglorious’ death – and dismembered his body over four days
Wife Marina Kukhal, 36, used a knife, hammer, hacksaw, plastic bowl and chopping board, police say.
The couple’s two year old child was in the same flat as she severed the singer’s body parts, it was reported.
Russian police say they have opened a murder probe into the death of the star, whose real name was Alexander Yushko, originally from Ukraine.
Parts of the rapper’s dismembered body were found stored in the fridge in the apartment, pictured above
Wife Marina Kukhal, 36, used a knife, hammer, hacksaw, plastic bowl and chopping board, police say. Above, outside the apartment building where Cartwright’s body was found
Police have launched a murder probe after Cartwright’s dismembered body was found in the apartment. Cartwright pictured, left, and with wife Marina Kukhal, right
Marina Kukhal, pictured above, was detained by police and is expected to undergo a polygraph test
The widow was detained. She is expected to undergo a polygraph test as part of the murder probe. She claimed she found a syringe next to his body.
He had become addicted to hard drugs during the pandemic, she told his fans on social media.
Forensic tests are underway in an attempt to establish the cause of death.
Kukhal, pictured above, told his fans on social media that he had become addicted to hard drugs during the pandemic