The DNA of the suspect Yuriy Rossoshansky has been found on the body of lawyer Iryna Nozdrovska, the first deputy head of the National Police of Ukraine - the head of the criminal police Viacheslav Abroskin has said.

"The results of the DNA examination: the DNA species that belong to the suspect were found on the victim," Abroskin said at a briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday.

As reported, lawyer Nozdrovska, who lived in the village of Demydiv in Vyshgorod district, Kyiv region, was found dead in a river on January 1, 2018. A criminal case on deliberate murder was opened.

On January 8, it became known about the detention of a suspect in this crime. He is Yuriy Rossoshansky, Dmytro Rossoshansky's father, convicted in May 2017 for seven years for a fatal crash, in which, in September 2015, Nozdrovska's sister, Svitlana Sapatynska, was killed.

On January 9, the Vyshgorodsky District Court of Kyiv region chose a preventive measure to Rossoshansky in the form of custody for 60 days - until March 8 inclusive. This decision can be appealed in the Court of Appeal of Kyiv region.

Yuriy Rossoshansky works as a driver of PJSC Kyivoblenergo. He has no criminal record.