Russian media: The dismembered bodies of businessman Mamuka Tsereteli’s ex-wife and 19-year-old daughter were found in Moscow - a Georgian businessman is suspected of the murders

The dismembered bodies of businessman Mamuka Tsereteli’s ex-wife and his 19-year-old daughter were found in Moscow. A Georgian businessman suspected of the murders has been detained.

According to the Moscow Prosecutor’s Office, a court will consider the issue of placing the suspect in pre-trial detention in the near future, with a prosecutor participating in the hearing.

“Teimuraz Gogiashvili, born in 1979, has been detained. He is a native of Georgia. He has no previous criminal record,” a source told the media.

According to Russian media reports, the incident occurred on October 3 in an apartment in a residential building in Moscow, where fragments of a human body were discovered. Law enforcement authorities said the murdered woman was businesswoman Elena Tsereteli, born in 1972, who was the former wife of restaurateur Mamuka Tsereteli. The body of the murdered businessman’s daughter was found in the suspect’s garage. Reports have emerged that Elena Tsereteli’s partner may have been involved in the crime.