on august 11, 27 and september 14 in moscow, raevsky raped, killed (he repeatedly throttled, and then struck several times with a knife) and robbed three young women. later examinations found that the second victim was pregnant. the first two murders were committed in a forest belt near vnukovo airport, and the third - at a construction site near the dinamo metro station. raevsky chose tourists as his victims. upon meeting them, he would give them a blue rose (the blue color was obtained when the rose was put in water tinted with ink), which was left next to the deceased's bodies.