What’s the craziest case
you’ve ever seen? On the last night before the
execution, the police asked Wang Mingwei what other wishes he had.
Wang Ming-wei: Don’t eat, don’t drink, don’t want to see your family. There’s only one question I want to ask. If I
can’t figure it out, I won’t turn in my grave.
Policeman: You ask.
Wang Ming-wei: How on earth did you find me?
Wang Ming-wei said that he never believed that the justice of heaven is long and narrow. After he had a good time
that year, he flew away, changed his name, changed his identity, hid for 22 years, and was not afraid of anything.
He went shopping, got married and had children, just like a normal person, and even spent three years in prison.
In prison, the guards failed to discover his true identity. Released after serving his
sentence, he had just stepped out of the prison gate with one foot when he was pushed to the ground and taken away for interrogation. From
interrogation to judgment to execution, the speed is like a rocket. He didn’t
even realize that he was going to be reincarnated in a twinkling of an eye when he was released after serving his sentence?
He is not convinced.
The policeman took a deep look at him and said nothing.
I later heard that when Wang Ming-wei was shot and fell down, his eyes were wide open, as he said, “I will not turn in my grave.”.
I don’t know if it was a coincidence, but on the night of his execution, Chen Rui, a prisoner in our prison area, had a nightmare all night and tossed and turned. Later, he fell ill for more than half a month. He had diarrhea and couldn’t get out of bed. His whole body was thin.
Chen Rui later told me that that night, he dreamed that Wang Mingwei came back to look for him. He held his hand tightly, his face was pale, his eyes were red, and he kept repeating one sentence: “Old Chen, who betrayed me?”? Who
is it?
2. Summer 2019, evening. Chen Rui, a prisoner in the
403 cell, came to me very carefully during the meal, saying that he wanted to report and expose.
I quietly told him to go back to the cell first, so as not to attract the attention of other prisoners.
When I had a rest in the evening, I pretended to sort out the files and asked Xiaogang to find Chen Rui and call him to my office, saying that some information should be checked with him again.
Chen Rui will be here soon.
I asked Xiaogang to go out first, then closed the door and poured him a glass of water. Come on
, what do you want to report?
Chen Rui hemmed and hawed, his face a little hesitant, and asked me if I could give him an additional commutation of sentence if the report was true. As soon as
the words came out of my mouth, I knew I had a good estimate.
Not long ago, he received a letter from his family saying that his wife was seriously ill and was a malignant tumor. When she was found, she was already in the advanced stage and had a few days to live. He came in for
picking quarrels and causing trouble. He was sentenced to four and a half years in prison, and the remaining sentence was more than one year. According to the normal situation, he probably had no time to see his wife for the last time.
So I guess he wants to report and apply for commutation of sentence, so that he can go out to see his wife for the last time before she dies.
This depends on the content of your accusation. If it is true and the circumstances are serious, it is a major meritorious performance, and there is a chance to reduce the sentence.
Then, no one will know that I reported it, will they?
Don’t worry, the prison will handle it properly.
Not a word will be given away.
I was persuasive enough to dispel the last doubts in his heart, and my tone was so sincere that I felt like the wolf grandmother who coaxed Little Red Riding Hood to open the door in the fairy tale.
That’s all right. I’ll report Wang Ming-wei.
He blurted out.
But. Wang Mingwei?
I remember this prisoner.
It was a middle-aged farmer in his 40s. He was honest. He was caught stealing batteries and was imprisoned. His sentence was not long. He
‘s not very talkative, and he’s been doing well in prison, and he’s almost done in less than a month.
Chen Rui and his relationship has been very good, two people in the prison room is the upper and lower berths, usually eat and work together, inseparable.
If it is someone else, I still have some interest, but Wang Mingwei is about to serve his sentence, and there are no bad deeds at ordinary times. At most, he is hiding some daily necessities in violation of the regulations. Suddenly,
I lost interest. With a broken face, I took out a pen and paper. “What are you going to report him for?”?
Chen Rui’s next remark directly made my scalp explode.
“Wang Ming-wei has killed people before!” 3. Chen Rui said that he had suspected that Wang Mingwei had a problem for a long time. More than
a year ago, two people worked in the labor team.
Our prison area is the old, sick and disabled prison area, and we don’t have to work at ordinary times, so there are not many jobs that can earn points.
Chen Rui has three fingers broken in one hand, while Wang Mingwei has high blood pressure and heart disease. Both
of them are in their 40s, and they are the backbone of the healthy labor force among the prisoners here, so they are responsible for some cleaning, pushing the food cart, taking out the garbage and so on.
On one occasion, Wang Mingwei had an argument with Xie Zi in the 403 prison.
Xie Zi is a well-known ruthless character in the prison area. He used to be the leader of the underworld. When he was lending money at high interest rates, in order to collect debts, he locked people up and killed them carelessly. He was sentenced to come in. On weekdays, other prisoners were afraid of him. The food was good
that day, and Xie Zi liked to eat it. He thought Wang Mingwei had given him too little, so they had a quarrel.
Without saying a few words, Xie Zi slapped Wang Mingwei in the face and spat at him. While reporting to the police,
Chen Rui firmly held down the enraged Wang Mingwei to prevent him from fighting with others.
When the police on duty arrived at the scene, they severely criticized Xie Zi, gave him a demerit, warned him to deal with it, and let Wang Mingwei, who was covering his face, go to the washroom to wash it.
Chen Rui said that when he accompanied Wang Mingwei to the washroom, Wang Mingwei’s face was livid.
Chen Rui advised him to stay away from Xie Zi next time. That kind of person, who has touched human life on his hands, is a ruthless character. He can’t afford to hide.
As a result, Wang Ming-wei blurted out, “*** him, who hasn’t killed anyone?” Chen Rui was startled and kept that sentence in mind at that time.
After a long time, Wang Mingwei did not mention this matter, Chen Rui only thought that Wang Mingwei was bullied at that time, bragged fiercely, and did not take it seriously.
But as the two became more and more familiar, Chen Rui felt more and more that Wang Mingwei was hiding a secret.
Chen Rui said that there were at least three places where Wang Mingwei behaved badly.
First, Wang Mingwei said that he was a local and had been farming at home all his life. Later, he went to the city to work, married and had children, and never left.
But sometimes chatting in the prison room, he was very familiar with the customs of the south, especially in Guangdong.
He always said that he had heard people say that there were relatives there, but Chen Rui observed carefully and felt that Wang Mingwei had the living habits of southerners, such as some unconsciously jumping out of the accent tone and the subtle habits of diet.
On another occasion, the prison showed a Hong Kong film from the 1990s, in which there were several Cantonese jokes. After translating them into Mandarin, the punchline lost its flavor. The prisoners could not understand it. Only Wang Mingwei grinned happily.
Chen Rui felt that Wang Mingwei must have lived there, but for some reason, Wang Mingwei never admitted it.
Second, several times Wang Mingwei accidentally mentioned how his sister had been, but later when relatives met, Chen Rui asked Wang Mingwei if his sister had come, but he denied it, saying that Chen Rui had made a mistake and that he had never had any sister.
Third, the two were very familiar with each other in prison. They called each other brother. After they made an appointment to go out, they were still brothers for a lifetime. They worked hard together outside.
Chen Rui has some ways to do business outside, which is similar to watching and smuggling, but Wang Mingwei is unwilling to do it anyway.
Chen Rui could see that Wang Mingwei was very short of money and wanted to make money, but as soon as he mentioned the grey transactions that were easy to be targeted by the police, Wang Mingwei obviously resisted.
Combined with Wang Mingwei blurting out, “Who hasn’t killed anyone?”, Chen Rui felt that Wang Mingwei must have a problem.
Originally, Chen Rui did not intend to report these, but now, in order to commute his sentence, he did not care so much. After listening to
the words, I sat in my chair and was stunned.
I never thought that simply listening to a report would involve such a major situation.
This clue can be big or small.
To put it in a small way, these are Chen Rui’s guesses, without any real evidence, and may even be deliberately pieced together by him in order to obtain commutation of sentence.
To put it in a big way.. What if, what if it’s true? A cold sweat oozed from my back at the
thought of the possibility.
I asked Chen Rui to go back first and tell him not to let anyone know what he said to me tonight. After
he left, without the slightest hesitation, I took the recorded materials and went into the office of Lin Da, the head of the prison district.
Soon, this clue was sorted out into paper materials, from prison areas, prisons, provincial bureaus.. Report up the layers. After receiving the clues,
the provincial Bureau was very sensitive and immediately began to study and judge.
With the help of the provincial Bureau, we got in touch with the local police station where Wang Mingwei’s household registration is located. By
comparison, we found an incredible fact. The man who has been imprisoned in
our prison for so long is not Wang Mingwei at all! The real Wang Mingwei disappeared more than 10 years ago.
5. The local police station claimed that Wang Mingwei was a migrant worker in their village who had gone out to work in 2002 and had not been heard from since. There was only one mother in
his family, and not long after that, she died of illness.
Because no family members called the police and the local village committee did not deal with it, Wang Mingwei’s identity has been in a delicate blank state.
Locals know that he has been missing for many years, but he has never been listed as a missing person in the police database. After
we sent the photos of Wang Mingwei, the local police station quickly sent a reply, saying that they had compared the photos and found some local people who knew Wang Mingwei to identify them. They all said that they did not look like each other and that they were probably impostors. After
learning about this situation, we quickly got in touch with the local police station where Wang Mingwei was arrested.
It has been learned that this “Wang Ming-wei” has been working in the city for many years. He is not married and has only a girlfriend who lives together.
At present, it is impossible to know exactly when he came to the city to settle down and live, but it can only be roughly speculated that it was after 2000 and before 2005.
In order not to frighten the snake, we did not immediately bring Wang Mingwei to trial, but sent his information and photos to the relevant departments of the provincial public security department, asking them to compare with the fugitives in the wanted database.
According to our guess, this “Wang Ming-wei” has been living under someone else’s identity for more than a decade. The biggest possibility is that his real identity is a fugitive wanted criminal, so he has to steal someone else’s identity to make a living.
About a week later, good news came from the provincial department.
After comparison, it was found that “Wang Mingwei” was very similar to Lin Zhong, a fugitive who committed a major gang rape and murder in 1997.
6. Summer 1997. At 9 o’clock in the
evening, it was already dark in the south.
A couple of young college students, taking advantage of the night, talk about love by the lake, the atmosphere is charming. By the lake in the
distance, three people came staggering. The smell of
alcohol was so strong that they did not know how much they had drunk. When they passed behind the young couple, they both covered their noses and stopped whispering.
Three people did not leave, but by the strength of the wine, squatted to the side of the young couple, with them to talk. The
three of them were not very old, and they talked fluidly and even touched their hands and feet. In a frivolous tone,
they asked the couple if they were married, if they knew that it was immoral to do so in broad daylight, and if they claimed that they were members of some kind of picket brigade who wanted to take the young couple to the woods to “deal with them.”.
This is a drink, the young couple did not take it seriously, very disgusted to stand up, ready to leave.
But one of them reached out and grabbed the girl.
Boyfriend is full of vigor and vitality, which can let girlfriend suffer this kind of grievance? He shook his fist
on the spot and fought with them.
But after all, the students are no match for these hooligans, plus three people drank wine, no light, no heavy, soon, the boy fell to the ground with his head broken and bleeding.
The girl wanted to scream for help, but she was dragged into the woods by the lake with her mouth covered. Originally,
the three of them were not going to take care of the boy who had fallen to the ground, but one of them suggested, saying, “It’s more exciting to *** his girlfriend in front of this soft guy, and leaving him outside may call the police.” So they dragged the boy’s legs and dragged him into the woods. In
this way, in front of the boys, they began to tear the girl’s clothes. The boy’s eyes were about to crack, and he wanted to resist, but he was knocked down repeatedly.
That night, the boy did not know how much abuse he had suffered.
According to the autopsy report later, there were more than 15 lacerations on his body, three of which were extremely deep. There were marks of being beaten with blunt instruments on all parts of his body, broken bones on both arms, penetrating wounds on the palms of his hands, heavy blows on the back of his head, and a large cut on his head.
Three people so while torturing boys, while venting shameless animal desire on girls. It’s getting dark. After
a few hours, they were completely exhausted. The strength of
the wine dissipated and the reason gradually calmed down.
Looking at the young couple lying on the ground who had been tortured almost out of shape, the three of them looked at each other and made the most cruel decision.
They strangled the girl alive.
Then they threw the bodies of the young couple into the lake together.
Three people take advantage of the night, leave in a hurry, from then on far away.
7. A few days later, the school found two people missing and called the police.
At that time, there were no overwhelming cameras, no perfect information inquiry equipment, and by the time the police recovered their bodies from the lake, more than a week had passed. The
body was badly damaged in the lake, leaving almost no trace of the murderer. The nature of the
case was extremely bad, and the victims were all students, so the province attached great importance to it and set up a special investigation team to start investigating the case. More than
a month later, the first criminal suspect was arrested.
He was a local hoodlum who took chances after committing a crime. After hiding for a period of time, he found that the wind seemed not so strong, so he returned home, but did not know that the police had already put him on the highly suspicious list. After arrest and interrogation, he quickly admitted the crime.
Based on his testimony, the police targeted two other criminal suspect.
However, at the time of the arrest, the police found that the other two people had already fled.
The police immediately issued an arrest warrant, listing the two men as fugitive suspects for a nationwide arrest warrant.
But the two men seemed to have disappeared from the world, and there was no news of them.
The police investigated several times, and finally suspected that the two men might hide their names, change their false identities, and hide to start a new life.
In 2008, one of the fugitives was arrested. After he
was arrested, he confessed to his crime, but he did not know where the last man had fled.
His statement matches the first prisoner.
In addition to the two of them, the last fugitive who committed the crime together was a local gangster named Lin Zhong.
Lin Zhong, born in 1975, primary school education, unemployed, usually in the local mix, by collecting protection money and help people fight for a living, parents are ordinary farmers, there is a sister in the family, also did not study, help farming at home. After the
incident, the police questioned his family and learned that Lin Zhong hurried home that night, took 2000 yuan and some clothes, and left in a hurry without saying anything.
From then on, Lin Zhong never came back, nor did he have any contact with his family.
After more than ten years, Lin Zhong has been in the police’s wanted database, but he seems to be completely missing, leaving no clues.
Year after year, even many policemen who handled the case at that time gave up hope and felt that Lin Zhong had probably died when he fled.
And this case has also become an unsolved case of the public security department, which has been put into the deep archives, and few people mention it again.
8. After reaching this conclusion, the police immediately contacted Lin Zhong’s family and took the daily photos and letters of “Wang Mingwei” in prison to them for identification.
After identification, the parents confirmed that this was their son, Lin Zhong, who had been missing for many years.
At this time, there are still less than 10 days to go before “Wang Mingwei” is released after serving his sentence.
In order to prevent him from acting excessively in prison after the truth was exposed, and also for the convenience of the procedure, after discussion, it was decided that the public security department would set up a dragnet at the prison gate on the day of his release after serving his sentence, and arrest him while he was relaxed after serving his sentence.
9. On the last morning before “Wang Ming-wei” left the prison, he drank three large bowls of porridge, ate two bags of pickles, and wiped his mouth.
I sat opposite him with a cup of water and looked at him. For three years
in prison, he had not talked much, but at this time, like almost all prisoners before the end of their sentence, although he tried to make a calm appearance, his excitement hung on his eyebrows and eyes, and he could not hide it.
Are you full?
I asked.
Mmm.
He was absent-minded and glanced at the clock on the wall out of the corner of his eye.
Release time is 9:30 in the morning, with less than 15 minutes to go.
I noticed his right hand on his thigh, his fingers tapping quickly and unconsciously, as if there was a faint anxiety in addition to excitement. After
three years, I can’t wait for the last few minutes?
I played a joke on him deliberately.
He smiled.
Prison food is unpalatable.
It’s not like you work here. You don’t understand.
Probably because he was about to serve his sentence, his tone of voice was no longer the same as before, but much more casual, even with a hint of mockery.
To be honest, I can quite understand his feelings.
Just like the last night of playing werewolf killing, he still hid well, even killed the last civilian, as long as he waited until the dawn of the moment, he could win the final victory quietly and without anyone knowing.
But what he did not know was that his identity, in fact, had already been verified by the prophet.
He’s got it completely backwards. Who’s playing who.
Over the years, I’ve let a lot of prisoners go. When they
were in prison, under the pressure of the high wall and the electric fence, they were as honest as if they were carved out of the same mold. When they saw the policemen, they were filled with awe and bowed and bowed to say hello.
But often only at the last moment of their release after serving their sentences, they lose their fear and reveal their original appearance outside.
Wang Mingwei’s performance really made me a little disappointed. A major murderer
in 2008, I thought he would be more low-key and tolerant.
The clock moved second by second, and five minutes before the end of his sentence, Xiao Chen, armed to the teeth and dressed in a solemn police uniform, came down from upstairs.
I glanced at the bulging belt around his waist and noticed that he was stuffed with six sets of police equipment that he had never matched before.
Wang Mingwei seemed to be aware of something. He sat up a little and looked at us suspiciously.
Then it’s up to you to release him. As if nothing had happened,
I handed Xiao Chen the signed book and the release certificate.
Xiao Chen nodded and then raised his chin at Wang Mingwei. “Let’s go. What are you waiting for?”?
Wang Ming-wei, however, did not move. His eyes suddenly darkened, like a bloodthirsty lone wolf, keenly aware of the smell of danger.
Captain Zheng.. Why didn’t you let me go?
I’m on duty today. Who let you go? Why do you still have feelings for me?
He froze for a moment and did not answer.
I smiled at him, then without saying much, waved my hand and turned to go upstairs.
As soon as I got to the second floor, I turned around and rushed into the monitoring room on the side. Old Lin, the head of the
prison, Wen Jiao, the instructor, and several police chiefs all stood in front of the monitoring wall, looking serious. In the big
monitor screen, Xiao Chen is taking Wang Mingwei out of the prison gate and towards the prison gate.
Old Lin picked up the radio and said, “Report to the command center. Prisoner Wang Ming-wei has been escorted to the prison gate.”.
“” Copy that. Outside the
gate, two police cars, six special police officers with live ammunition, and a group of armed police in camouflage uniforms, who were ready to go, were already there. Under the
camera, Xiao Chen unhurriedly took Wang Mingwei to the prison gate and handed over to his colleagues who were in charge of guarding the gate and the armed police.
My heart was almost in my mouth. When
the door slowly opened, Wang Mingwei squinted and looked out of the door, as if one foot had returned to the free world.
The next second, without any warning, suddenly Xiao Chen and the armed police, one left and one right, pressed his arm. There was a loud shout
outside the door, and several special police officers broke in. Almost in the blink of an eye, they controlled Wang Mingwei to death without giving him any chance to struggle.
Wang Mingwei’s hands and feet were shaking desperately, as if he were shouting something.
But it’s no use.
Bright handcuffs locked his backhand, and several special police officers pressed him skillfully, dragging him almost to the police car outside the door.
This is the last time I saw Wang Mingwei.
Soon afterwards, I heard that he had been sentenced to death and executed immediately.
10. It was later learned from the police that Wang Mingwei, also known as Lin Zhong, initially tried to quibble after being arrested, but in the face of evidence, he had to admit his true identity and the cruel crime he committed 22 years ago.
He said that on that night in 1997, he was actually drunk and had a “whim” with some friends, and when he realized it, he was scared silly.
He claimed that in the next 22 years, there was not a day that he did not live in fear and panic.
Especially after he was imprisoned for theft, he was always worried that his true identity would be discovered by the police.
Seeing that he was about to be released from prison, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had already thought about it. After he was released this time, he would fly away directly and never return home. He would find a remote village and spend the rest of his life.
But what he didn’t expect was that his true identity had already been discovered by the prison and the police.
He said that he did not understand, if he had known that he was a fugitive, why did the police wait until he was released after serving his sentence to arrest him, why not give him a good time, when he was in prison to deal with him?
No one answered him.
Because no one told him, in fact, for so many years, he really covered up almost seamlessly, and the final exposure was not discovered by the police, but from his best “cellmate brother” report.
11. When Wang Mingwei was executed by shooting, Chen Rui got an additional commutation as he wished.
Not only that, in view of his great meritorious performance, the prison granted him a special opportunity to leave prison to visit relatives, allowing him to leave prison under the custody of the police and return to the hospital in his hometown to visit his seriously ill wife.
That mission was escorted by me and Xiao Chen. On the way
back, Chen Rui looked very depressed. We all saw it in the hospital. Even if he fought for commutation, this was probably the last time he saw his wife.
His wife was so sick that she couldn’t hold out much longer.
Approaching the prison, Chen Rui suddenly asked me, “Captain Zheng..” Wang Mingwei, how is he now?
His voice was weak.
In fact, he knew in his heart that he had received a “major meritorious performance” rating, and even that the prison had made an exception and given him the opportunity to visit relatives outside prison. The implications were already self-evident.
He probably just wants peace of mind.
So I told him not to have any psychological burden. His report was very timely. The true identity of Wang Mingwei was a very brutal murderer and rapist who had absconded for more than 20 years. The crime he committed was so cruel that it was outrageous. This time, he was finally caught. The family members of the victim at that time were all a knot in their hearts for many years.
Chen Rui seemed to hear, but also seemed not to hear, staring straight at the floor in a daze.
After a while, he suddenly asked, “So..” Did he increase his sentence?
Will you come back here and continue to squat?
He raised his head and looked at me with an expression of bewilderment and anticipation.
I didn’t speak.
He seemed to suddenly understand something from my expression, clenched his fists with both hands, grabbed the corner of his clothes, and his face became more pale. He didn’t say a word
the rest of the way. After
returning to the prison, he was much more silent, and no longer had the same complexion and expression as before. Soon after, he had a serious illness.
According to other prisoners, from then on, Chen Rui was always alone, eating alone, folding quilts alone, working alone, and no longer willing to contact any “friends.”.
-End-. Focus on not getting lost ~
