In December 1992, Yi Mouqing, a Hunan native who worked in Guangdong, had a quarrel with Li Mouxiang because of asking for wages, and after being persuaded to leave, he went to the school to deceive the other party's son.
Nearly 2 months later, the child's body was found in a sugarcane forest near the school. After the forensic examination determined that he had been stabbed to death, his family buried him by the side of a nearby road.
The suspect speaks for itself.
But somehow, the case was inconclusive at the time.
In 1997, the 20-year-old sister of the murdered boy, Li Haiyu, began to search for the murder alone.
She was cheated of money, almost trafficked, and divorced because of this, and her father Li Mouxiang also died of illness during this period.
But Li Haiyu did not give up, and still looked for Yi Mouqing from all over the world.
Exactly 19 years later, she met each other near Yi Mouqing's house. At that moment, she trembled with excitement.
The witty Li Haiyu bit her tongue tightly to control herself, pretending to be the wife of the other worker's wife to talk to her and add WeChat.
But at this time, Yi Mouqing had changed his name to Yi Mouhua.
Since then, Li Haiyu has spent 3 years chatting with Yi Mouhua on WeChat and inquiring about his various information. Until March 5, 2019, Yi Mouhua told her that her original name was Yi Mouqing.
After Li Haiyu called the police, Yi Mouqing was arrested in May 2020.
He quickly explained the process of committing the crime. I thought that the enemy who killed my brother would be brought to justice, so that I could comfort my dead brother and father. But what Li Haiyu didn't expect was that Yi Mouqing was released without prosecution half a year after being arrested.
The reason is as follows: after many constructions at the burial site of that year, the body can no longer be found.
The evidence of the original case-handling organ, including the on-site investigation record, the ** autopsy report and the knife used to commit the crime, were all lost.
According to the regulations – and this is the case in all countries of the world – the evidence in criminal cases should be kept permanently and never destroyed, so we often see in the news that some countries will.
A case from 1 or 200 years ago was brought out and re-judged.
But the local police lost all these materials.
This is gross dereliction of duty.
As a result, there is little decent evidence in this case, let alone "clear facts and sufficient evidence".
The evidence now includes:
Some villagers confirmed that Yi Mouqing took the child away from school that year; The corpse and the missing child were both six fingers; Yi Mouqing's own statement on the process of committing the crime.
Suspicions include the height of the body and the time of death. In fact, this suspicion is not difficult to understand, because the family did not measure the child's height before he disappeared, it is likely that he measured it a few months ago, and the child's height is changing at any time; Regarding the time of death, it is possible that Yi Mouqing poisoned the child as soon as he took it away, or it may take a few days to do it.
The worst thing is that there is nothing wrong with the prosecution releasing him for lack of evidence!
According to the law, the mere confession of the defendant cannot lead to a conviction. Otherwise, torture will become commonplace.
Of course, the point is not here, because torture is still not uncommon in reality.
The point is: there are no bodies, there is not all the evidence of the inquest.
The injustice case of Zhao Zuohai, which was famous all over the country, was highly similar to this.
In the end, the "victim" returned home and was able to clear his name.
The same is true of She Xianglin's "wife murder case". After She Xianglin was wronged for 11 years, his wife suddenly returned home to let him see the light of day again.
In both cases, they had confessions of guilt, but in fact they did not kill anyone.
There are too many coincidences in this world. This is how many unjust cases arise.
After Yi Mouqing was released, Li Haiyu was in great pain, and she had been anxious for more than two years, if there was still hope before finding the suspect, then she was completely desperate after Yi Mouqing was released.
She raised more than 20 stray dogs in a rough house, and even thought about training these dogs, and tricked Yi Mouqing into letting the dogs bite ...... to death
But she still wants to see Yi Mouqing punished by the law, so she has been appealing.
In February 2022, Leizhou** excavated "four (bone) fragments" at the burial site that year.
In November 2022, the Guangdong Provincial Supreme People's Procuratorate sent Li Haiyu a "Notice of Criminal Appeal Result", saying that some new evidence had been added, and the existing evidence was enough to determine the facts of Yi Mouqing's crime.
On February 6, 2024, Li Haiyu received from the prosecution that Yi Mouqing had been transferred for prosecution.
We don't yet know what this new evidence is. I think the only possibility is to confirm that the body is Li Haiyu's younger brother through DNA testing.
Although each of us hopes that justice will be served, there is still a fatal flaw in this case - no murder weapon has been found.
If the murder weapon is not found, it cannot be locked through fingerprints** It is Yi Mouqing.
Imagine: After Yi Mouqing deceived the child away, is it possible that he regretted letting him go again, and the child was killed by other people who asked for wages (there were several people who asked for wages together at that time)?
Imagine again: Is it possible that Yi Mouqing's confession after his arrest in May 2020 was obtained by torture?
These two possibilities, at least theoretically, cannot be ruled out. As I said above, there are too many coincidences in the world.
Then there is no solution to this case?
Of course not. The case-handling unit of that year should have taken fingerprints from the knife, and it should not be difficult to find Yi Mouqing's fingerprints for comparison. After the comparison was confirmed, a wanted warrant was issued, and it was much easier to catch him later.
If the case-handling unit had kept the evidence, it would have been easy to ascertain the facts.
How ridiculous it is that the case file materials with human lives are at stake!
Moreover, isn't it the duty of the local ** to track down the murder and hunt down the murderer**? Why should a weak woman spend more than 20 years at the expense of a normal life?
If they had actively pursued the murderer, perhaps ** would have been caught long ago.
We hope that these dereliction of duty will be held strictly accountable.