Virginia Voskerichien was an attractive, well-liked, nineteen-year-old with long, wavy brown hair. After two years at Queens College, Virginia transferred to Barnard College at Columbia, where she was a B+ student majoring in Russian. According to NYPD homicide investigation reports, Virginia also began dating one of her Columbia teachers at this time, a 27-year-old Russian-language assistant named Vladimir Lunis.

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My own research into Vladimir Lunis reveals that he was a graduate fellow adjunct instructor at Queens College, beginning in 1974.  In August 1976, Lunis’ position with Queens College was discontinued due to college cost reductions (referred to as “retrenchment”) – a common thing occurring throughout NYC during these terrible economic times.  Lunis was probably an instructor at Columbia University during his job furlough from Queens College.  It is unclear if Lunis met Virginia at Queens College before her transfer to Columbia University, or, after she enrolled at Columbia.  Lunis subsequently returned to Queens College in February 1978.  I could not confirm if Lunis’ was employed at Columbia U. because, unlike Queens College, which is a public college under the City University of New York (CUNY) system, Columbia is a private university and is not subject to the release of information under FOIA.

SEE QUEENS COLLEGE (CUNY) PERSONNEL REPORT

According to Maury Terry’s research, Michael Carr obtained credit cards under fraudulent names, some based on apparent illusions of royalty. Michael held charge cards from Gimbels department store and European Health Spas in the name of “Baron De Czarnkowski.” At J.C. Penney, he registered as M.V. Deczarnkowski;” and at Bloomingdales, Michael purchased his fragrances under the moniker, “M. Deccarnowski.” According to Terry, Michael Carr fancied himself an exiled Russian nobleman, even to the point of creating his own coat of arms.

Given Michael Carr’s pronounced Russian interests, and the fact that he associated with people at Columbia University, it is interesting to note that Virginia Voskerichian was herself, a Russian-language student at Columbia, and was even dating a 27-year-old Russian instructor at the time of her death. It is also known that the killer(s), after being observed in the neighborhood for quite some time before the attack, shot Virginia, who was late on what was her regular homeward route from Columbia. As Terry remarked, the link may or may not be substantive, but it has never been checked by any law enforcement agency.

Additional details revealed by Maury Terry:

• Michael liked to bounce around the glittery Manhattan disco circuit. He counted among his friends several professional photographers near Columbia University and downtown.
• In New York, the Westchester “Children” interacted with another satanic operation in Brooklyn and Manhattan, and a certain occult shop within the city limits functioned as a clearinghouse and rendezvous point for cult members from Westchester and elsewhere. 
• According to “Vinny,” Maury Terry’s jailhouse informant, these cult members worked the colleges, and recruited women for prostitution on college campuses.
• David Berkowitz, Michael Carr and other Westchester members knew and were known by the New York City group. Michael Carr, whom Vinny and other sources categorized as gay, also associated with cult-connected people who were affiliated with Columbia University, and some of those acquaintances lived in that area of uptown Manhattan.
• The call girl operation was responsible for at least two murders in Manhattan—both linked to Columbia University. One victim was a male medical or graduate student (name unknown) who was slain after learning a young woman he was dating was involved with the ring. Another victim was a medical resident at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, which was affiliated with the university. He was shot dead while walking on a street near the hospital in the autumn of 1981. The other murder was said to have been that of a coed—probably a Columbia or Barnard student—who was slain in Manhattan after trying to extricate herself from the call girl network.