Original title: Xiaoshan Village's sudden homicide killer absconded for 28 years and was arrested
People's Public Security Daily reporter Zeng Fangzhou Correspondent Fan Zhen Xiong Zhihua
A murder case, a murderer who "evaporated from the world". From 1996 to 2024, the criminal suspect will be caught by the law no matter how deep he hides, how far he escapes, and how cunning he is, after a 28 year hard pursuit. Recently, the Xiushui County Public Security Bureau in Jiangxi Province, with the great assistance of Chongyang County Public Security Bureau in Hubei Province, captured Lu, a fugitive suspect in a 28 year homicide case.
Mountain village homicide
In 1996, Lu Mou, a villager in Aoshang Village, Gangkou Town, Xiushui County, found that his lover Huang had an affair with Lu Mou, a young man from the same village. He hated him and had the evil idea of revenge.
At about 23:00 on April 8, 1996, Lu, who had found the opportunity, quietly sneaked into Huang's house with a kitchen knife and angrily hacked at Huang and Lu who were sleeping, causing Huang to be seriously injured and Lu to die on the spot. After the crime, Lu was panicked. He dared not stay for a moment for fear of being discovered. He took a ride with a stranger overnight and fled in panic.
Relay Chasing Murderers
After the incident, Xiushui County Public Security Bureau, while organizing police to search and arrest several towns in the port area, ordered the police to check and intercept each county road and provincial road, and called the provincial public security organs outside the border to set up checkpoints in time. At the same time, we organized capable forces to set up a special team to conduct a comprehensive investigation of Lu's possible hiding place, escape route and social relations. However, due to the limitations of investigation technology at that time, and the poor traffic and communication, the pursuit of fugitives has not made a breakthrough.
In the past 28 years, the anti murder operations have been carried out again and again, and the special group of civilian police has changed from one group to another. The case files of that year had already turned yellow, and the handwriting was becoming increasingly mottled. However, the Party Committee of the Public Security Bureau of Xiushui County and the criminal investigation police had never given up their pursuit of Lu.
Since 2023, the police of the special case team have combed the unsolved homicide case again, made full use of new investigative methods to figure out relevant clues, invited the old criminal police who had investigated the case to consult, and won the guidance and support of the superior public security organ, and sent the notice of assistance to the surrounding provinces, cities and counties for many times.
Cannot escape the law
The effort pays off. Through chasing the fleeing police to carry out a lot of information tracking, analysis, research and judgment, the case ushered in a breakthrough. The police found that Lu appeared in Chibi City, Hubei Province under the pseudonym of "Huang Zhonghua". After learning this important clue, the police of the special case team immediately contacted the Hubei police. After a period of careful investigation and cooperation, the time for arrest is ripe. The task force worked with the Chibi police to set up a tight network at Lu's hiding place.
At about 12:00 on March 3 this year, with a command, the police in Jiangxi and Hubei, who had been stationed for a long time, captured Lu in a village house in Chibi. "We are from the Public Security Bureau, are you Lu?" After the police revealed their identity, Lu nodded slightly after showing a little panic. "Do you know why we arrested you?" "Yes, 28 years ago, it's still time to come." After being arrested, Lu explained the criminal history of that year.
too late to regret
In the past 28 years, Lu has fled to the ends of the world and has been in constant fear. In order to escape the police, Lu has been hiding in the remote mountains and forests of Chibi City, making a living by quarrying stones.
In 2008, Lu met a woman from other places, and they began to live together. When the woman asked for an ID card to register her marriage, Lu always made excuses and lived together for 16 years. During the escape, Lu never dared to go to public places, even if he was unwell, he did not dare to go to the hospital to see a doctor. Every time he saw a police car or a policeman passing by, he was involuntarily nervous and afraid, and hurriedly fled. Until the day Lu was arrested, the woman knew his true identity. Unexpectedly, the person who had accompanied him day and night for 16 years was a murderer.
At 9:00 on March 5, the suspect Lu was escorted to repair the water. When I came to the place where the crime was committed to identify the scene, I saw that things had changed in my hometown, and Lu was too regretful. At present, the criminal suspect Lu has been detained by Xiushui County Public Security Bureau according to law for suspected intentional homicide.
