On March 28, 2005, a woman suddenly burst into the police station in Yanmen Township, Hubei Province. She was emotional and told the police: "I am Zhang Zaiyu, I am not dead, my husband She Xianglin was wronged!" ”
Her sudden appearance took the police by surprise. After repeated verification, they determined that the woman was Jang Jae-ok, who was found in the pond 11 years ago. And the "She Xianglin" she mentioned is the "real murderer" behind the nameless female corpse case.
In 1994, She Xianglin was sentenced to 15 years in prison for "killing his wife and throwing her body". Eleven years later, his "deceased" wife, Jang Jae-ok, miraculously appeared to defend him.
On April 11, 1994, a villager in Luchong Village, Hubei Province, discovered a terrible incident on his way to send his children to school. The swollen, unrecognizable, foul-smelling corpse of a woman floated on the pond, which frightened the villager.
So, who is this nameless female corpse? Is she related to Jang Jae-yu? Did She Xianglin really kill someone? These questions are waiting to be revealed.
After a while, a large number of villagers gathered around the pond. Everyone was talking about the disappearance of someone nearby, and they all speculated about the identity of the female corpse.
Suddenly, a shrill siren sounded, and police and forensic doctors arrived at the scene one after another, evacuating the onlookers and preparing for a detailed examination of the bodies. "
The deceased, female, was about 155 centimeters tall and was about thirty years old. Have a history of childbirth and have a caesarean section scar on the stomach. The time of death was more than two months. "
After a simple on-site examination, the forensic doctor calmly said the basic information and characteristics of the nameless female corpse. However, due to the fact that the body has been soaked in the water for too long, the phenomenon of "giant view" has appeared, and her face is so badly decomposed that it is impossible to identify her true identity.
* Got bogged down in a limited number of clues, but a zealous villager provided key information. "Is she Zhang Zaiyu? It is said that she has been missing for two months, and that she is about the same age and height as the missing person. ”
The villagers revealed. After receiving the news, ** immediately notified Zhang Zaiyu's family and asked them to come and identify him. It didn't take long for Jang Jae-yu's mother to arrive in a hurry, and after just one look, she cried bitterly beside the corpse, as if she was going to go with her daughter.
My daughter, how can you go so badly! How can you leave me, an old mother, alone! "It's a heartbreaking scene that brings tears to your eyes.
Zhang Zaiyu was distressed, and the police asked cautiously: "Auntie, are you sure this is your daughter?" "That's right, this is my daughter, Jang Jae-yu!
You see, this is the scar from her C-section that year. The old man said firmly, pointing to the corpse's abdomen. "We need to do a DNA test, and the results will be more accurate, what do you think? ”
The police asked. "How much does that cost? "About 10,000 or 20,000. "Ah, no need to do a check, I'm 100% sure this is my daughter!" ”
When the old man heard the **, he immediately shook his head and refused.
In the 90s, the high cost of testing was enough to stretch the lives of a family of more than a dozen people for a year, which also explains why Zhang's family refused to conduct DNA comparisons.
However, after an in-depth examination, the medical examiner made significant discoveries: the deceased had apparently suffered a blunt blow to the head and had been chiseled multiple times, to the point of a fractured skull. From this, it can be concluded that the deceased did not fall into the water or commit suicide by accident, but was deliberately killed.
It may be that he was thrown into a pond after being killed, or he may have been seriously injured and then thrown into a pond and drowned.
The Jingshan County Public Security Bureau immediately set up a special task force to investigate this case of intentional homicide. In order to lock down the suspect as soon as possible, the police conducted an in-depth investigation into Zhang Zaiyu's social relations, among which her husband She Xianglin became the main suspect.
As the investigation deepened, the villagers provided information they had seen or heard with their own eyes, which more or less pointed to She Xianglin. Despite the challenges, this information was put together to reveal the truth about this broken family.
In 1986, She Xianglin and Zhang Zaiyu tied the knot, and their married life was the envy of many people. After getting married, the two had a lovely daughter. She Xianglin worked as a patrol officer at the local police station, while Zhang Zaiyu worked in a machinery factory.
Although their lives are not rich, they live a plain and happy life, and the relationship between husband and wife is very harmonious.
Due to the work relationship, She Xianglin and his wife Zhang Zaiyu got together less and separated more, which led to the gradual weakening of their relationship. Coupled with the fact that he had been living alone for a long time, She Xianglin felt lonely and began to look for solace, and finally developed a relationship with a young lady surnamed Chen.
However, after the relationship between the two was discovered by the villagers, the news spread in the village and also reached Zhang Zaiyu's ears. Every time She Xianglin came home, it would trigger a fierce quarrel between him and Zhang Zaiyu.
She Xianglin was full of guilt at the beginning, and vowed to say goodbye to the ** outside. However, the magic of "cheating" made him unable to extricate himself, and his vow came to naught.
As time passed, Jang Jae-ok's crying and sprinkling made him unbearable, and he began to abuse and beat his wife and young daughter, and even squandered his family's savings and handed over all his salary to her for the sake of the flowery young lady outside, and his behavior was close to madness.
Jang Jae-ok was originally a beautiful, stylish and eloquent high school graduate, but since discovering her husband's betrayal, her mental state has begun to deteriorate, and she spends her days in tears, much to the regret of the villagers. ”
The villagers expressed regret. It turned out that her husband's cheating had brought huge pressure to her soul, and the people in the village were talking about her affairs, which made her feel embarrassed.
Under the double blow of internal and external, Zhang Zaiyu's mental state gradually deteriorated. When she was in her normal minds, she was no different from usual, but her mood was a little low.
But at the time of her illness, she couldn't even remember her name, her home address, or the names of her family.
How did you kill Jang Jae-ok? In the face of pressure and accusations from many parties, She Xianglin insisted that he did not kill anyone. According to him, Jang Jae-yu often ran outside the village, and he went to retrieve it every time.
However, on the night of January 20, 1994, a heated argument broke out between them.
After an argument, her wife disappeared, and he took relatives and friends to look around, but he never found him. Some say his wife may have been abducted by traffickers.
However, when She Xianglin learned that his wife had been killed, he felt great sadness and regret. In the serious interrogation of **, he always insisted that he was not**.
However, he suddenly recanted his previous confession during an interrogation, confessed that he was **, and described the killing process in detail.
Although the reason is unknown, why She Xianglin suddenly changed his confession, this is undoubtedly the most ideal result for the police officer in charge of the case, because he is suspected of ** and the motive is obvious.
In addition, Zhang Zaiyu's family and the people in the village unanimously believe that She Xianglin did it and demand severe punishment, which seems to be in line with the public's expectations. As a result, on October 13, 1994, She Xianglin was sentenced to death by the former Jingzhou District Intermediate People's Court and immediately executed.
However, at the moment when the verdict was announced, he suddenly claimed that he had not killed and applied for an appeal in court. While in prison, he has been trying to appeal and vindicate his grievances.
For four long years, the case that could have been resolved smoothly has reached an impasse. It was not until the Hubei Provincial High Court reviewed the case that two major doubts were discovered.
On the one hand, She Xianglin's confession is inconsistent and indefinite; On the other hand, the case lacked key evidence and tools to commit the crime, and the identification of the body of the family members was also negligent.
Finally, on June 15, 1998, the Jingshan County Court sentenced She Xianglin to 15 years in prison and deprived him of his political rights for five years for "intentional homicide."
However, the 11 years of justice were late, which made She Xianglin's parents Yang Wuxiang feel painful, "My daughter-in-law is not dead, my son is not a murderer**, why don't you believe it?" ”
They have been persistent, hoping to clear their son's name.
At the end of 1994, after Yang Wuxiang learned of the suspected news of Zhang Zaiyu, he immediately approached the village secretary to issue a certificate and hand it over to the police. However, no matter how hard she tried, she was never heard from.
Despite this, Yang Wuxiang did not give up and ran around appealing, but was sentenced to 9 months in prison for obstructing official business. The family had to pay 3,000 yuan to take her home.
When she returned home, she was depressed, her body became weaker and weaker, and she eventually became a deaf and dumb old man, unable to even walk. Three months after being released from prison, Yang Wuxiang passed away with regret, and her last words were that she hoped to see her son again.
She Xianglin's crime made his daughter She Ronghua become the daughter of a murderer overnight, and she was spurned and blamed by society. Once lively and cheerful, she has become taciturn and estranged from others.
In order to avenge his father's grievances, the grandfather at home exhausted all his savings and was unable to even pay 90 yuan for his granddaughter's tuition and fees. The elderly grandfather and his granddaughter asked the school for a waiver of tuition and fees, but village officials insisted that the children of murderers should not be treated specially.
In the end, 14-year-old She Ronghua was forced to drop out of school, leave his hometown, and start a part-time life. The entire She family was shattered by She Xianglin's crime, and was shrouded in a deep haze.
Zhang Zaiyu, who disappeared in 1994, was thought to be dead, but it was not until the 11th year of 2005 that she suddenly "came back from the dead" and appeared in Lüchong Village, leaving all the villagers stunned.
It turned out that on the night of his disappearance, Zhang Zaiyu suddenly fell ill, lost his self-awareness and memory of his hometown, and wandered aimlessly to Shandong. There, she met her now-husband, and the two married and had children of their own.
However, Jang Jae-ok occasionally remembered the past and wrote letters to his family, but none of these letters were heard from.
On March 30, 2005, Zhang Zaiyu returned to their hometown of Jingmen with her husband She Xianglin after learning of the wrongful imprisonment of her husband. Soon after, the Jingmen Intermediate People's Court revoked the verdict against She Xianglin and asked for a retrial of the case.
The next day, She Xianglin was released on bail pending trial. In April, he was officially acquitted. In fact, because of his good behavior in prison, his sentence has been shortened, and there are only four months left before he can be released early.
However, it was only when the court hastily quashed the sentence against him that he learned that his "wife" had not died, and he had mixed feelings. After being released from prison, the first thing he did was to go to his mother's grave and kowtow to report to his mother's soul that he had been released.
She Xianglin lost 11 years of his youth due to unjust imprisonment, and the state compensation of 700,000 yuan could not make up for the loss. He had been innocently imprisoned, deprived of his freedom, dignity, honour and family.
And the nameless female corpse that was thrown into the pond has long been unrecognizable due to the passage of time. During the interrogation that year, he was locked up in a small dark room, unable to sleep, and severely beaten every day, even dropping a small part of his index finger.
Still, he offers cryptic explanations that make one think deeply.
In the past, due to the fear that "never in doubt" might lead to the indulgence of crimes, the courts were accustomed to the principle of "guilty reasoning" when hearing major criminal cases, which led to the frequent occurrence of unjust, false and wrongful cases.
However, with the continuous improvement of China's legal system, the emergence of unjust, false and wrongly decided cases has been basically eliminated, which is largely due to the profound lessons left by the "She Xianglin case". ”