Penza, 14 December 2015. PenzaNews. The body of Vasily Trapeznikov, general director of “Penza-Ipoteka” mortgage company, was found hanged by the country club “Volkov” in Zasechnoe village of the Penza region on Monday, December 14.

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“The criminal case initiated on suggestions of possible violation under Part 1, Art. 105 of the Criminal Code, titled ‘Murder,’ provided the grounds for for search activities. During the search, the body bearing the features of the recently disappeared Vasily Trapeznikov was found hanged close to the club,” Lyudmila Fomina, Senior Assistant of the Head of the Investigative Department of the city Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, told PenzaNews agency.

The body was hanging by the rope tied to a tree, she added.

“He had his personal effects with him,” the senior assistant explained.

The investigation of the incident continues, Lyudmila Fomina explained.

As PenzaNews agency reported earlier, the public learned of Vasily Trapeznikov’s disappearance on November 23. The volunteers of Liza Alert joined the search.

In early December, the man’s disappearance without a trade led the police to initiate a criminal case on suggestions of possible violation under Part 1, Art. 105 of the Criminal Code, titled “Murder.”

The investigation established that Vasily Trapeznikov before his disappearance could have left Penza in the direction of “Berezovaya Roscha” health resort or Shemysheika village by hitching a car or a regular bus.