Execution
On 4 January 1994, Russian President Boris Yeltsin refused a last-ditch appeal for clemency.
On 14 February, Chikatilo was taken from his death row cell to a soundproofed room in Novocherkassk prison and executed with a single gunshot behind the right ear.
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