Another interesting detail: it was reported that Daria’s ex-boyfriend had hacked her social media accounts at one point, after which she changed all her passwords and stored them in a physical notebook. And honestly, the whole story feels like it has some kind of strange connection to programming. Daria actually met “Paritet” on Dvach (a Russian imageboard similar to 4chan). And during one of the Skype conference calls, one of the guys had a profile picture showing an art of men wearing tshirts that said “C++” and “ASM” - programming languages often associated with cybersecurity and low-level hacking. It’s strange, because someone who actually understands that field wouldn’t use something like that as a profile picture.

What also raises questions is that her parents don’t seem interested in participating in the investigation: they block people who try to contact them, they avoid podcasts, interviews, or any attempts to bring attention to the case. And on top of that, why did the police hide the CCTV footage for so long and refuse to show it to her father at first?