China News Service, Hangzhou, July 25 (Reporter Zhang Bin and intern Hu Dingyu) In the description of Hangzhou citizen Xu Moumou when he called the police on July 6, he got up on the toilet by himself in the early morning of the day before, and his wife came to Moumou and was still sleeping. on the bed. But when I got up at 5 o'clock, "wife is gone."
A missing person notice posted by family members after coming to "missing". Photo by Hu Dingyu
On July 22, the police found suspected human tissues in the septic tank downstairs of the two-person residence, which belonged to Lai XX through DNA comparison. Lai XX, who was "missing" for 17 days, was confirmed to have been killed. At 1 o'clock on July 23, Xu XX, who was suspected of committing a major crime, was summoned by the police. On July 25, the Hangzhou police held a press briefing and said that after investigation, the "Missing Case of Hangzhou Jianggan Lai XX" was a premeditated case of intentional homicide, and the suspect Xu XX had been taken criminal compulsory measures.
The scene of the police news briefing. Photo by Zhang Bin
The case disclosed by the police and previous media reports restored the tragedy of the couple who had been remarried for 12 years.
According to the police, before the incident, 55-year-old Xu XX was working as a driver in Hangzhou, and his wife came to XX, who was 4 years younger than him, and was a cleaner at a company in Hangzhou. The two remarried in 2008 and lived together in a community in Jianggan District, Hangzhou City before the incident.
Previously, Ms. Tie, a resident of the same community as the two, recalled in an interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com that she had met Lai and her husband not many times. When they met last time, Lai XX and her husband were preparing to go to the second house they had been allocated due to the demolition.
At 19:00 on July 6th, after his wife "disappeared", Xu XX contacted XX's sister and eldest daughter successively to ask where XX came. At 20 o'clock that day, Xu XX went to the Sijiqing Police Station of the Public Security Bureau of Jianggan District, Hangzhou, together with the eldest daughter of Lai XX, and asked the police to assist in finding the whereabouts of XX. That night, the police repeatedly searched and failed.
The police check the surveillance. Photo courtesy of the police
After receiving the police, the police gradually caught the anomaly in the case and formed a special case team composed of criminal investigation backbones of the three-level public security organs in Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou City, and Jianggan District.
According to Hu Tianjun, deputy head of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Jianggan Branch of the Hangzhou Public Security Bureau, the police have collected a total of 6000 hours of surveillance video since July and recruited more than 100 professional video investigators from the whole city of Hangzhou to check repeatedly. "Many people have red eyes. fever". The police finally made it clear that at about 17:00 on July 4, after coming home by the elevator for XX and his young daughter, they did not leave the complex.
At the same time, the police conducted 4 carpet inspections of 6 buildings, underground garages of more than 10,000 square meters, and all elevator shafts, water tanks, and manholes in the affected community, and conducted inquiries and visits to 1,075 households in the community, and finally excluded them. Under this background, the police initially discovered that Xu XX was suspected of committing crimes.
Although the task force conducted multiple inspections of the septic tank in the incident area, according to analysis, the police investigation again pointed to the septic tank in the corridor of the incident. On July 22, after the weather improved and the inspection conditions were met, the task force carried out the extraction of the septic tank.
From 15:00 on the 22nd to 16:00 on the 23rd, in a weather close to 40 degrees Celsius, police officers wearing fully enclosed isolation suits inspected the collected 38 vehicles and found suspected human tissues. After DNA comparison, the missing lady came to XX human tissue. Xu XX, who was suspected of committing the crime, was subsequently summoned by criminals.
The sewage suction truck parked in the incident area. Photo by Hu Dingyu
"Considering that criminal suspects are very good at disguising, after the incident, they cooperated with their family members to report the case and accept media interviews. They have a strong sense of anti-investigation. We specially organized Zhejiang Province's criminal investigation experts and formulated careful interrogation strategies and plans in advance." Hu Tianjun said.
Xu Moumou was arrested. Photo courtesy of the police
At 10 o'clock on July 23, after an overnight interrogation, the suspect Xu XX's confession was breached. According to his account, he killed XX while he was sleeping, and scattered and abandoned them after being divided. Currently, the case is under further investigation. (Finish)