Algonquin man charged in double homicide to be evaluated for psychological health – Shaw Native

An Algonquin man accused of killing his mom and stepfather in November will obtain a psychological well being analysis to find out his psychological health on the time of the murders.

Maxim Parnov, 36, who’s being held on $5 million bond within the McHenry County jail, is charged with six counts of first-degree homicide and two counts of concealment of a murder within the deaths of 56-year-old Elvira Almen and 64-year-old Peter M. Almen.

Parnov is accused of inflicting “blunt power trauma” within the killings that passed off within the couple’s Algonquin house on Nov. 29. He then positioned his mom’s physique inside a freezer and his stepfather’s physique inside a cupboard and loading them inside a U-Haul truck, in accordance with the indictment filed in McHenry County courthouse.

He then fled to Wisconsin the place he was arrested days later by Kenosha County sheriff’s deputies at a house in Salem.

“Mr. Parnov has a background of affected by psychological well being points previously,” Assistant Public Defender Angelo Mourelatos wrote in his movement requesting the analysis, which was granted Thursday by Choose Michael Coppedge.

The couple and Parnov had been arguing across the time of their deaths, authorities stated, although it isn’t recognized publicly what they have been arguing about. A well-being test was made on the home when Peter M. Almen didn’t present up for work, authorities stated.

Parnov is due again in court docket Could 26.