Recently, Valentin Degtarev, a acquaintance of Sergey Usoltsev who…
Recently, Valentin Degtarev, a acquaintance of Sergey Usoltsev who went missing with his family in the taiga of Krasnoyarsk Krai, received an anonymous message containing an audio recording with the voice of the missing Irina Usoltseva.
Consensus
- The audio message was received by Valentin Degtyarev, a friend of the missing Usoltsev family.
- The message contains a voice claiming to be Irina Usoltseva and states that the family will not return.
- The message mentions that problems preventing happiness are now gone and refers to beginning a new stage.
- The message was sent via email to Degtyarev's account, which he previously used to communicate with Sergey Usoltsev.
- Experts agree that verifying the authenticity of the audio is possible but requires professional forensic analysis.
- Modern technology allows for the creation of voice deepfakes using only a few seconds of real speech.
- The Usoltsev family (Sergey, Irina, and their daughter Arina) disappeared in the Krasnoyarsk KraI taiga on September 28, 21025.
- The family was last seen traveling in a Skoda car, with no camping gear, food, or warm clothing found in the vehicle.
- The family's passports and about 300,000 rubles in cash were found in the car.
- Thousands of volunteers participated in the search efforts.
Points of divergence
- The audio message was received on September 27, 2025, and the family's journey began on that date. — vm
- The audio message was recorded on June 20, 2025, but only sent after July 20, 2025. — gazeta_spb
- Degtyarev used a special app to analyze the recording, which indicated it could be genuine. — gazeta_spb
- Some experts believe the recording is a deepfake due to its emotionless tone and uniform pauses. — gazeta_spb
- The family disappeared near the village of Kuturchin, close to Mount Buratinka. — gazeta_spb
- The family's first stop was the village of Mina. — vm
Coverage (2 sources)
- Expert Raevsky: Establishing the authenticity of Usoltseva's message is difficult but possible — Вечерняя Москва
- Expert Reveals the Secret Behind the Last Message from the Missing Usoltsev Family - Gazeta SPb RU - News from Saint Petersburg — Gazeta.SPb
Key entities
- Irina Usoltseva
- Krasnoyarsk Krai
- Saint Petersburg
- SPB RU News Newspaper
- Sergey Usoltsev
- Valentin Degterev
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