on september 24, raevsky planned to commit a new crime. he lured a girl into the forest park zone in gagarinsky district, but they were met by a local police officer, who was suspicious of a blue rose in the hands of the girl. noticing that the policeman was heading towards him, raevsky ran away. his would-be victim identified her companion in the photographs presented to her. after the encounter with the policeman, raevsky left moscow. from that time, he decided to change his residence after each murder committed and stopped using the blue rose when meeting his victims.