MOSCOW, August 4 (RIA Novosti) - Police have detained a man suspected of killing his mother, ex-wife and two-year-old daughter in a town 193 km (120 miles) to the south of Moscow on August 1, a police source said Saturday.
Acting under the influence of alcohol, the main is believed to have strangled his wife, daughter and mother with a metal wire in their apartment after they refused to give him money to spend playing slot machines.
"The suspect was detained in an amusement arcade in Tula Friday afternoon," a source said.
He is facing murder charges envisioning 20 years in prison or a life sentence, the source said.
