The incident occurred in the family's Palo Alto, California home. While the original investigation ruled the case a —concluding that Pokhilko killed his family before himself—lingering doubts led investigators to revisit the evidence decades later.
: Pokhilko was found with his throat slit while still holding a knife, while his wife and son had been bludgeoned and stabbed. The Tetris Murders
: Retired CSI investigator Sandra Brown, who led the original case, highlights anomalies like a complete lack of fingerprints on the murder weapon and burned documents found at the scene. The incident occurred in the family's Palo Alto,
: Explores evidence that suggests the crime scene may have been staged. : Retired CSI investigator Sandra Brown, who led
is a three-part true-crime docuseries released in 2022 on Investigation Discovery and Discovery+ . It re-examines the 1998 death of Vladimir Pokhilko , a co-developer of the hit video game Tetris , along with his wife Elena Fedotova and their 12-year-old son Peter. The Case and Mystery
: The series explores theories involving an insidious conspiracy or Russian mob hit , noting the FBI's early interest in the case through its Russian Racketeering Unit. Episode List
The series consists of three episodes, each approximately 42 minutes long: