CCTV News (Rule of Law Online):Recently, the Intermediate People’s Court of Qingyang City, Gansu Province heard a case, which attracted local attention. The case happened in October last year. A local 12-year-old girl disappeared inexplicably, and then around the girl’s disappearance, her family encountered a series of strange things, which made the case full of twists and turns during the investigation and changed the investigation direction many times. With the verdict of the case, the mystery is solved, and people can’t help but sigh for the fate of the girl.
First, the mystery: the missing family of a 12-year-old girl encountered something strange.
On the evening of October 3, 2016, a pair of anxious parents came to the Xinzhuang police station of Ningxian Public Security Bureau in Qingyang City, Gansu Province.
Zhao Liang, a policeman from Xinzhuang Police Station, Ningxian Public Security Bureau, Qingyang City: At 9: 30 in the evening, the couple came to our office, and they were very anxious when they entered the door. Soon my daughter (daughter) disappeared, so help me find my daughter. Then, through our understanding, we kept looking for a woman from four o’clock in the afternoon until nine o’clock in the evening, when they didn’t find her, and the couple went to our office for help.
The daughter went out alone when she was reprimanded and unhappy.
The informant is Huang, a villager in xin zhuang zhen. His missing daughter is only twelve years old. Huang said that on the day of his daughter’s disappearance, he once reprimanded his daughter and son for trivial matters.
Li Wengang, Deputy Director of Xinzhuang Police Station of Ningxian Public Security Bureau, Qingyang City: According to the informant Huang, two children had an argument while watching TV that morning, and he gave them a lecture.
After Huang reprimanded his son and daughter, her daughter was a little angry and went out alone. Huang thought that her daughter just wanted to go outside in a fit of pique, so she didn’t take it to heart. However, it was not until four o’clock in the afternoon that Huang returned home after finishing his work, only to find that his daughter still had not returned.
Zhao Liang, a policeman from Xinzhuang Police Station, Ningxian Public Security Bureau, Qingyang City: At that time, Huang asked his son to look for his neighbor Shangmou’s house, because when the younger son went, he found that Shangmou’s door was locked, and when he came back, he told his father about it. This Huang was more anxious, and then he looked around the relatives, friends, daughter’s classmates’ homes and the village, but there was no trace of this woman.
During the day, I went to my neighbor’s house to watch TV and go to the toilet, but I didn’t return.
Shangmou mentioned by Huang has lived next door to his family since 2009. The two families get along well, and Huang’s two children often go to Shangmou’s house to play. According to Shang, the girl did go to his house to watch TV during the day, but he didn’t know where she went afterwards.
Li Wengang, Deputy Director of Xinzhuang Police Station, Ningxian Public Security Bureau, Qingyang City: Shang said that (after watching TV) the child said that he went out to go to the toilet and never came in again.
Zhang Xiaodong, Director of Xinzhuang Police Station of Ningxian Public Security Bureau, Qingyang City: Because this little girl is only twelve years old, she is not very old, and ordinary children are more playful. In addition, this missing place is located by a ditch, so we organized the police to search for the ditch and abandoned caves. Why should we search for this abandoned pile foundation and ditch? Because the terrain around her house is full of ditches, but after more than half a day of searching, we still can’t find this girl.
Second, the suspense is repeated: strangers send text messages to tell the reason why the girl is missing.
Just as everyone was trying to find the girl’s whereabouts, the case suddenly changed. The girl’s father suddenly received a short message from a stranger on his mobile phone, which told the reason why the girl was missing. At the same time, this short message seems to have changed the nature of the case.
Zhang Xiaodong, Director of Xinzhuang Police Station of Ningxian Public Security Bureau, Qingyang City: The content of the message is that the person you are looking for is in his hand. If you want to see someone, you should call 100,000 yuan first and provide a bank card account. On the morning of October 5th, the family members also received a similar text message, so several text messages were sent in succession. After we learned of this situation, we made a timely response to the bureau.
Whether you were kidnapped or not, investigate according to the content of the text message.
Is it true that the girl was kidnapped? The police immediately launched an investigation into the authenticity of these short messages.
Zhang Junwei, a policeman of the Third Squadron of the Criminal Police Brigade of Ningxian Public Security Bureau in Qingyang City: At that time, we asked our family members to dial these phone numbers first. The attribution of the mobile phone numbers showed Shenzhen, and the other party never answered the phone. We sent a text message to these mobile phone numbers, asking them to send the photo of this child first, but the other party never sent it.
At the same time, the police learned that the girl’s family had posted a tracing revelation on the Internet.
Zhang Junwei, a policeman of the Third Squadron of the Criminal Police Brigade of Ningxian Public Security Bureau in Qingyang City: After the analysis of the police handling the case, combined with the time that the little girl can’t find, we think that the credibility of this short message is relatively low, and it is very likely that criminals want to use this matter to conduct telephone fraud after seeing the little girl’s searching for you.
Considering the high possibility of kidnapping SMS fraud, the police adjusted the direction of case investigation after analysis.
Liu Yuan, squadron leader of the 3rd Squadron of Criminal Police Brigade of Ningxian Public Security Bureau, Qingyang City: According to our analysis, although this little girl is only twelve years old, at this age stage, she has her own analytical judgment ability, and it is impossible to be abducted by a stranger easily. Besides, shortly after the incident, we set up checkpoints at relevant intersections for investigation, and we didn’t get any clues. Therefore, we feel that the investigation of this case should return to the central site where this little girl disappeared.
Third, the key link: investigating the accidental discovery of physical evidence by the last contact.
The information that the girl was kidnapped turned out to be a scam. The police reorganized the information, focusing on the people the girl had contacted before she disappeared and the places she had been. According to all the known clues, the last person to see the girl was her neighbor Shangmou.
Zhao Liang, a policeman from Xinzhuang Police Station, Ningxian Public Security Bureau, Qingyang City: At that time, when we went down to look for this child, this Shangmou was also helping to find it, and then we got to know about this situation. Shangmou told us that the child left his house when he was a little more, and then he never returned, so he didn’t know what happened afterwards. Until the couple looked for the child and said that the child was missing, he had been helping to find someone.
However, when the police investigated Shang, they found an unexpected clue.
Zhao Liang, a policeman from Xinzhuang Police Station of Ningxian Public Security Bureau, Qingyang City: During our inquiry at that time, we found that there was a little red mark on this Shang’s right shoe and left shoe, so we asked what this Shang was like, and Shang told us that he accidentally dropped the paint on his shoes when he painted the water pipe in his yard twenty days ago.
Is it blood or paint on Shangmou’s shoes? Is he lying or not? At this time, the appearance of another important clue further increased Shang’s suspicion.
Wang Chao, Deputy Squadron Leader of the Technical Squadron of Criminal Police Brigade of Ningxian Public Security Bureau, Qingyang City: When we arrived at Shangmou’s home, we conducted a wide-ranging search for police dogs used in his home and nearby. When searching for elements in the flue of a house in Shangmou’s home, the police dogs had a heavy sniffing reaction to the smoke crossing and immediately alerted the police.
Subsequently, the police found several clothes from this flue.
Wang Chao, Deputy Squadron Leader of the Technical Squadron of Criminal Police Brigade of Ningxian Public Security Bureau, Qingyang City: Through our technician’s investigation, we first found a child’s dress with blood on it, and then continued to explore. We found that it was an orange down jacket vest with obvious blood on it.
In addition to bloody clothes, in the yard, the police also found something strange.
Cao Gang, squadron leader of the technical squadron of the Criminal Police Brigade of Ningxian Public Security Bureau, Qingyang City: After we arrived at the scene at that time, we conducted a comprehensive and detailed survey of the site. After visiting the site, when we went to this kitchen and surveyed it, the kitchen was neat and tidy, and the ground was cleaned and sprinkled. After cleaning, there was water spraying, and the rotating block was wet, but after careful look, this kitchen, under the south wall, near the door, showed signs of someone turning.
With more and more suspicious points on Shang, the police conducted a more careful investigation of Shang’s yard.
Cao Gang, squadron leader of the technical squadron of the Interpol Brigade of Ningxian Public Security Bureau, Qingyang City: After turning the brick over, a pillow towel appeared first after the soil was dialed for about five centimeters, and the pillow towel was covered with this blood. After we continued to dial it, with the increase of the area of the soil dial and the deepening of the soil dial, the girl’s body was presented, and the whole was presented.
My daughter’s misfortune was caused by her neighbor! This makes Huang’s family feel sad and puzzled. The two families live next door and have always had a good relationship. Why did Shang suddenly kill a 12-year-old girl? With Shang’s arrest, he himself told the truth behind it.
Suspect Shangmou: Eva came to my house to watch TV that morning. At one o’clock in the afternoon, I killed her. My house was in financial difficulties, and I wanted to get some money from this baby (kidnapped), which was the way to get money by kidnapping. In the end, it was more serious, so I killed the baby.
It turned out that the suspect wanted to kidnap the girl and ask her family for property. After being strongly resisted by the girl, he killed the girl.
Zhang Junwei, a policeman of the Third Squadron of the Criminal Police Brigade of Ningxian Public Security Bureau in Qingyang City: According to the confession of the criminal suspect Shang Moming, a week ago, he had the idea of kidnapping the victim Huang Mouhua and asking his family for money. (2016) On October 3rd, around 13: 00, the suspect Shang Mouming tried to kidnap the victim Huang Mouhua, but in the process of kidnapping, he was fiercely resisted by Huang Mouhua. The suspect Shang Mouming was afraid that he would be exposed, and he brutally killed the victim Huang Mouhua and buried her under the ground in his kitchen.
At present, the case is still under further investigation.
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At present, the Intermediate People’s Court of Qingyang City, Gansu Province has sentenced Shang to death for intentional homicide in the first instance, suspended execution for two years, and restricted his commutation. After the verdict was pronounced, the plaintiff filed an appeal with an incidental civil action, and the case is under further trial.
