Nanjing, April 4 (Reporter Shen Ran) "At the scene of the murder that year, we did not let go of a single piece of evidence; Over the past 12 years, several generations of criminal police have relayed to tackle tough problems, and finally caught the real murderer to comfort the dead. On the 26th, Wang Hairong, deputy head of the criminal police detachment of the Nanjing Municipal Public Security Bureau, said with emotion.
On the same day, the Nanjing Municipal Public Security Bureau reported that after 26 years and several generations of criminal police successive efforts and unremitting efforts, the "1997.10.8" extraordinarily serious robbery and homicide case was finally solved by the police.
On October 1997, 10, the Nanjing police reported that three members of Zhu's family, residents of the city's Qixia District, had been killed in their home. After receiving the report, the police immediately organized police forces to carry out investigation work. However, due to the technical conditions at that time, the case has not been solved.
The place of the crime in 1997. Photo courtesy of Nanjing police
At the beginning of 2023, the Nanjing police successfully targeted two criminal suspects who committed robbery and murder that year through modern criminal technology. At present, the criminal suspects Dong and Xie have been arrested and brought to justice.
"Thank you to the police for their efforts to solve the case over the years." Upon learning that the case had been solved, the former neighbors of the victim, Zhu, were relieved.
Ji Shengzhi, head of the criminal police detachment of the Nanjing Municipal Public Security Bureau, said that over the past 26 years, the Nanjing police have not given up their pursuit of the truth.
According to him, in the past 26 years, the criminal police involved in the investigation of cases have changed stubble after stubble, and no one has given up. In the work notebook of retired criminal police officer Zhang Jian, he also recorded in detail the details of the investigation that year, and the fact that he did not solve the case during his tenure was once a regret that Zhang Jian had been hanging on his lips.
Arrest the scene of the real murderer. Photo courtesy of Nanjing police
"Zhu and his wife run a restaurant and building materials store in the local area, with a lot of interpersonal communication, and the investigation clues are very complicated." As an old criminal police officer who participated in the investigation of the murder scene, Wang Hairong is very pleased that he did not let go of the slightest bit of evidence at the scene at that time, and did a good job in preserving evidence.
"Although the police analyzed that this was a premeditated, targeted gang robbery and homicide. Following this line, criminal investigation forces at the city and district levels have also carried out a comprehensive investigation. Unfortunately, although the civilian police carried out a lot of investigation work around this case, due to the limitations of criminal technology at that time, the case has not been able to make breakthrough progress. "Until January 1 this year, the Institute of Criminal Science and Technology of the Nanjing Municipal Public Security Bureau used the latest modern scientific and technological achievements to successfully lock up a criminal suspect involved in the case, Xie. ”
After a lot of work, the leading group of the Nanjing Municipal Public Security Bureau for tackling the backlog of murder cases has verified that Xie has had many previous records of theft and robbery. Just half a month before the "1997.10.8" extraordinarily serious robbery and murder case, Xie also teamed up with Dong, a criminal who is currently serving a prison sentence, and had a criminal record of gang burglary with a knife.
On February 2023, 2, the police successfully arrested Xie in a community in Nanjing. At the same time that Xie arrived at the case, the police also took Dong into custody for review. Considering that Dong spent most of his life in detention centers and prisons, the task force did a lot of preparatory work before the trial. In the end, the two suspects thoroughly confessed the beginning and end of the murder and robbery.
After 26 years and several generations of criminal police continued to tackle tough problems and make unremitting efforts, the Nanjing "1997.10.8" extraordinarily serious robbery and homicide case was finally solved by the police. Photo courtesy of Nanjing police
The reporter learned that in the past year, in order to further deepen the backlog of murder cases, the Nanjing police have set up a special class for tackling tough problems, under which there are three special working groups for technical research, intelligence research and judgment, and arrest of fugitives, to coordinate and be responsible for the organization and advancement of tough cases, and continue to launch a fierce offensive against the backlog of murder cases.
"In recent years, the Nanjing police have sorted out the backlog of registered homicide cases, while continuously increasing the research and development and application of the latest criminal technical means, and opening up new ways to tackle the backlog of murder cases through the comprehensive use of new technologies and new methods. Thanks to the efforts of the criminal investigation department, a number of long-unsolved murder cases have been successfully solved, and a number of fugitives from murder cases who are on the run have been arrested, eliminating hidden dangers to social security. Ji Shengzhi said, "The murder case will be solved and will not be solved!" This is the most solemn commitment of our Nanjing Criminal Police. (End)