Although he willingly confessed and even indicated the body's location, Tymoshenko later retracted it and claimed that he was innocent. This was not taken seriously by the courts, who convicted him and handed him another life term in 2015. He attempted to appeal the verdict to the Supreme Court, but his appeal was denied. A few months after his initial confession, the Head of the Department of Internal Affairs for the Mogilev Region, Fyodor Baleiko, made a statement to the press that it was very likely Tymoshenko has killed others.
