Alaska: Alaska 2 year old boy had been killed by the Guardians her a few months after his father strangling his mother, authorities said.
Steven Melovidov Jr.
and Sophie Myers-Melovidov killing the boy in their home on a remote island in the Bering Sea and trying to mislead investigators, authorities said.
They were charged with first-degree murder and second-tier and fourth-degree assault.
Pleas of Not Guilty put to them during a court hearing Thursday.
Earlier this month, toddler, Joshua Rukovishnikoff, being medeva of the island of St.
Paul to Anchorage with serious head injuries, according to the state forces.
The boy died in hospital anchor, and an autopsy performed.
“Both suspects made statements to the investigators that proved false upon further investigation,” said the spokesman for the State of Alaska Austin McDaniel.
The boy’s mother, Nadesda “Lynette” Rukovishnikoff, was killed in September on the island of St.
Paul, and the couple became his guardian in October, said McDaniel.
McDaniel said he did not have details about a custody arrangement.
Mother’s husband, Joshua Rukovishnikoff, strangling her and charged in her death, according to the Alaska Department of Law.
He has pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges, according to court records.
Alaska Public Defender Agency, which represents him, declined to comment on the case Thursday.
A judge on Thursday appointed a public defender to represent Melovidov, 31, and Myers-Melovidov, 28, at their arraignment.
Public Defender Agency declined to comment after the hearing.
Possible lawyers from other agencies will be appointed later.
Melovidov “Joshua stuck repeatedly in the head, causing the brain bleed and eventually lead to the death of Joshua,” a police officer said in a written statement in court.
On 11 December, the St.
Paul Police received a call for a 2-year-old boy who suffered a seizure, the document said.
The couple told investigators, the boy fell at home.
The autopsy showed at least five separate head injuries, consistent with murder, adverbs.
“In addition, there are some suspicious bruising on the genitals Joshua inconsistent with medical care,” the document said.
The document includes a variety of text messages between the pair, in which they discuss what they say to the authorities, fear of going to jail and delete their messages.
In one exchange, Melovidov and Myers-Melovidov texted about the boy’s head scan at the hospital.
“Gees and we have hit his head.
Please delete the texts we are now,” wrote Myers-Melovidov, according to the affidavit.
In requesting a $ 250,000 bond, Assistant Attorney General Sam Vandergaw told the judge that he was worried about how the couple was discussing delete text and how the ship traffic in the St.
Paul can facilitate their escape aboard.
Judge Gregory Miller gives a bail request and ordered that the couple had no contact with their daughter who was 8 years old.
Her daughter was not a victim in addition to a potential witness, said Vandergaw.
According to a written statement, the couple had ordered her to lie to investigators about what happened in the house.
According to an obituary for mothers, she has a sister who was 16 years old when their mother died.
He listened to the hearing by telephone and declined to comment when the judge asked him if he wanted to say something about the guarantee.
Melovidov and Myers-Melovidov participate in their accusations by telephone from prison.
Melovidov said he was working in custodial maintenance.
Myers-Melovidov said he did not work and receive financial support from her husband and the annual examination of a genuine regional company Alaska.
Guardian killed Alaska boy after maternal death
