An Algonquin man accused of killing his mom and stepfather in November will obtain an analysis to find out his psychological health on the time of the murders.
Maxim Parnov, 36, who’s being held on $5 million bail 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-force trauma” within the killings that occurred within the couple’s Algonquin dwelling 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 line with the indictment.
He then fled to Wisconsin, the place he was arrested days later by Kenosha County sheriff’s deputies at a house in Salem, authorities mentioned.
“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 Decide Michael Coppedge.
The couple and Parnov had been arguing across the time of their deaths, authorities mentioned, although it’s not recognized publicly what they had been arguing about. A well-being test was made on the home when Peter M. Almen didn’t present up for work.
Parnov is due again in courtroom Might 26.