Algonquin Man Gets 50 Years For Killing Stepdad

ALGONQUIN, IL — An Algonquin man has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for killing his stepfather.

Maxim Parnov, 37, was convicted of killing his stepdad, Peter Almen, 64, on Nov. 29, 2021. Parnov was also charged with killing his mother, Elvira Almen, 56, but those murder charges were dropped as part of a plea deal, the Northwest Herald is reporting.

If he'd also been convicted of killing his mother he'd have been sentenced to natural life in prison, according to the article.

Authorities launched an investigation into Maxim in late November after being called to Peter and Elvira Almen's home near downtown Algonquin for a well-being check. They did not locate the couple and found their bodies a day later, police said.

Authorities say Parnov killed Elvira Almén and Peter Almén before he put Elvira's body in a freezer and Peter's body in a cabinet inside their home in the 400 block of LaFox Drive. He then used a UHaul truck to transport the freezer and the cabinet, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday in McHenry County Circuit Court.

Authorities arrested Parnov on a warrant days later in Salem, Wisconsin.