Maris Meiers, the 46-year-old Latvian sentenced to 25 years in prison for the brutal murder of his ex-partner in August 2008 has been declared bankrupt.
Meiers was arrested following a frenzied attack on his former partner outside her home in Guargacho during which, 26-year-old Kristine Zaikov, also from Latvia, was stabbed 85 times.
On top of the prison term, Meiers was ordered to pay financial restitution of 6,000 Euros to the victim’s new partner, Armando and 250,000 Euros to her daughter. It seems that Meiers owned a photographic studio back in Latvia after serving in the Soviet army. However, it now transpires that he sold everything to finance his trip to Tenerife, solely with the purpose of killing his ex-partner.
Meiers was also the prime suspect in the disappearance of Kristine’s younger sister Aiga, which occurred in the summer of 2007. But it was not until, quite by chance and just days after Meiers killed Kristine in Tenerife that a fisherman pulled out a suitcase from a lake in Latvia. The gruesome contents of the case turned out to be body parts belonging to Aiga. She had been raped, murdered and mutilated.
Meiers is currently awaiting extradition to Latvia where he is expected to be found guilty of the murder of the younger of the two sisters.
Source: News in the Sun
Meiers was arrested following a frenzied attack on his former partner outside her home in Guargacho during which, 26-year-old Kristine Zaikov, also from Latvia, was stabbed 85 times.
On top of the prison term, Meiers was ordered to pay financial restitution of 6,000 Euros to the victim’s new partner, Armando and 250,000 Euros to her daughter. It seems that Meiers owned a photographic studio back in Latvia after serving in the Soviet army. However, it now transpires that he sold everything to finance his trip to Tenerife, solely with the purpose of killing his ex-partner.
Meiers was also the prime suspect in the disappearance of Kristine’s younger sister Aiga, which occurred in the summer of 2007. But it was not until, quite by chance and just days after Meiers killed Kristine in Tenerife that a fisherman pulled out a suitcase from a lake in Latvia. The gruesome contents of the case turned out to be body parts belonging to Aiga. She had been raped, murdered and mutilated.
Meiers is currently awaiting extradition to Latvia where he is expected to be found guilty of the murder of the younger of the two sisters.
Source: News in the Sun
