A pair of 60-year-old parents couldn't stand their son's bad behavior, and finally killed their son out of desperation. As soon as this news came out, the response from all walks of life was enthusiastic, and some people sympathized with their parents' distress and asked for a lenient sentence; while others insist on the fairness of the law and advocate that murder should be punished appropriately.
The report raises many questions: What exactly is this hugely controversial case? Why would the parents kill their own son with their own hands? Where does the story of this son, who has been missing for three years, begin?
In early 2013, the Nanjing Public Security Bureau received an anonymous report from an anonymous police report** in which the informant told a story about a village that happened in the surrounding villages next to Xiaoshan Road, Getang Street, Liuhe District, Nanjing.
The family originally had a son named Zhang Min (pseudonym), who was in his thirties, who went out to work a few years ago and has since disappeared without a trace.
Why did Zhang Min go missing, and his parents did not come to the police to look for him, but reported the case to the police through anonymous **? There may be some hidden secrets behind this.
So, ** began to investigate the family, and it turned out that something unusual was really discovered. Zhang Min's family is an ordinary farmer, with parents, sister, wife and son, and they have been living an ordinary life in the village without any abnormal circumstances.
Uncle, why is it that your family always picks up and drops off your children, and I haven't seen your son pick up and drop off? ”
The old man's face was heavy, and when he talked about his son's past, he was full of pain and remorse: "My son said a few years ago that he wanted to go out to work, but in fact he was addicted to drugs, and finally died of excessive drug use.
The Public Security Bureau asked me to deal with his funeral, but because I was emotional at the time and felt that my son had brought shame to the family, I still haven't been there. When the kindergarten teacher heard the news, he was deeply sympathetic and believed that it was true, and the credibility was quite high.
Since then, the teachers have paid a lot of attention to the family, especially the little grandchildren in the family. However, ** has doubts about this matter.
They had visited nearby villages to investigate, but had not found any cases of drug deaths requiring family members to collect the bodies. So why is it that only kindergarten teachers know about this?
In order to find out the truth, ** began to investigate the previous case of drug use, hoping to find a person named Zhang Min. In the national drug addict information database, although there are many people with the same name, none of them are the Zhang Min who is looking for.
In other words, what Zhang Min's parents said before was a lie! As a parent, how can you arrange your child like this? In order to get a deeper understanding of the situation, the police decided to visit Zhang Min's home in person.
At 9 a.m. on May 22, 2013, the police came to the surrounding village and found Zhang Min's parents. At that time, the old couple was busy working in the yard, and the grandson was playing on the side, and there was nothing unusual.
When the police walked into the yard wearing **, Zhang Min's mother was startled, and Zhang Min's father was also a little surprised, and then stepped forward to ask the reason for the police's visit.
* In order to avoid bad influence on the grandson, it was decided to ask the old couple in the police car. The unexpected words of the old couple surprised **. The old man told**: You are here for my son Zhang Min! ”
The policemen nodded, and the old man continued, "My son has died, and he is buried in the vegetable patch behind my house, so go dig it now!" * Their faces changed dramatically, and they followed the old man to the vegetable patch, and the old man also asked them to bring their hoes.
After a while, ** dug up Zhang Min's bones, which stunned everyone.
I knew this day was coming. My son was killed by my own hands. Then the old man began to tell the story in detail. Zhang Min's family lives in the surrounding villages, and the whole family is a farmer, and the parents' expectations are simple, they just hope that he can spend his life safely.
However, Zhang Min went astray, which eventually led to such a tragedy.
Uncle Zhang Min has been a good child who knows how to be filial and loves his sister since he was a child. Despite his average academic performance, he always did his best to help his family, especially his younger sister, who grew up together.
In order to share the pressure of his parents, Zhang Min went to work in other places, which made his parents feel gratified. However, after a few years, parents will regret this decision.
Zhang Min, an 18-year-old local secretary, could only work as a mechanic in an auto repair shop with a low educational background. At first, he was just an apprentice with a monthly salary of only 50 yuan, but he sent all the money home to his parents, which made them happy.
He also takes special care of his sister and gives her some good food every time he sends money. However, this situation only lasted for more than a year, and in the following year, Zhang Min's temperament changed dramatically.
Parents think that it is not easy for their children to work outside, so it no longer matters whether they send money or not, but soon after, a letter was delivered to the door, and when I opened it, it turned out to be a copy of the IOU, and the borrowers were all Zhang Min!
The old couple wondered why their son was burdened with huge debts, and the IOU was sent to the door. Their son's answer made them even more worried. The parents decided to go into the city to find out the truth, and found that Zhang Min had made bad friends in the city, was addicted to gambling, and lost everything.
Even if he lost a lot, Zhang Min still wanted to win back, so he borrowed all the friends around him. Creditors began to threaten Zhang Min's parents, and the future is even more worrying.
After listening to his parents' story, Zhang Min's face turned pale with fright. Fearing that he would go astray again, his parents decided to take him home and give him a profound education. However, his father's method was too rough, and he started to do it directly, which made Zhang Min resentful of his father.
Zhang's wife and family didn't realize how serious his problem was, and they thought that if he got married, they might get rid of his bad gambling habits. Soon after, Zhang Min's father arranged a blind date for him, and he started a relationship with a girl in the village.
After getting married, Zhang Min did change, especially after the birth of his son, he would send money to the family on time every month. The parents thought that the child had improved, but they didn't expect Zhang Min to get into another vice - drug abuse.
In 2008, Zhang Min stopped sending money home, and the whole family didn't care about it at that time. Zhang Min's father worked as a security guard in a factory in the village, and he usually lived and ate in the factory.
However, his wife's ** made Zhang Min's father very frightened.
Zhang Min's father received a ** from his wife, saying that there seemed to be some particles in his son's drawer, which looked like drugs. He hurried home and found the particles on the bottom floor of the bedside table.
He and his wife immediately called Zhang Min's wife, who was also very surprised. When the father called ** to ask his son, the son confidently said that it was a drug given to him by a friend.
This made the father very angry.
Zhang Min's sister and Zhang Min's father resolutely reported Zhang Min's drug use to **. ** Rushed to the scene, searched Zhang Min's home for drug use, and found Zhang Min in a rental house in Nanjing.
As a result, Zhang Min was imprisoned in a drug rehabilitation center, where he spent several months. However, instead of making up his mind to change his behavior during this time, he resents his father, believing that he reported him for taking drugs because he didn't love him.
So, Zhang Min began to plan revenge on his father, and after he came out of the drug rehabilitation center, he borrowed a car from a friend, intending to drive his father to death.
In the summer of 2008, Zhang Min's father, uncle, and several other villagers were chatting at the head of the village when suddenly a car sped up and went straight to Zhang Min's father. Zhang Min was impulsive and wanted to kill his father, but because he was too eager to let the car hit the trunk of a tree on the side of the road, his father escaped, but he was also frightened by his crazy behavior.
Zhang Min's uncle was extremely angry when he saw his nephew behaving like this, pulled him out of the car, and slapped him hard. Since then, Zhang Min's relationship with her family has become strained and they have broken up.
Zhang Min's father has never been able to quit drug addiction, and even intensified drug abuse at home, and borrowed money from many friends to buy drugs, owing tens of thousands of debts.
This deeply grieved his family and friends, and even his sister no longer supported him. Despite this, Zhang Min is still obsessed and indifferent to everyone's persuasion.
Recently, his mother couldn't stand it anymore and tried to persuade him to quit drugs. However, Zhang Min picked up the iron basin and smashed it on his mother's head. After hearing his wife's moaning, his father immediately picked up a stick and came in and gave Zhang Min a stern lesson.
Zhang Min's family was so frightened and distressed by his drug abuse and atrocities that they were forced to take defensive measures and install security doors on their doors to prevent him from further harming them.
However, this did not change Zhang Min's situation, he is still the public enemy of the whole family and is disliked by everyone. Although his family is ashamed and distressed by his actions, they still hope that he will be helped to get back on track.
Although Zhang Min's mother tried her best to persuade him, he still went his own way and was obsessed. In the end, a tragedy occurred that caused his father to kill him. In May 2010, due to drug distress and mental problems, Zhang Min attacked his five-year-old son and demanded money from him.
He kicked his son to the ground, crying and crying. Seeing their son being treated like this, the old couple realized that they could no longer let Zhang Min indulge and must teach him a profound lesson.
When Uncle Zhang Min slept at night, his parents found him still taking drugs. The parents decided to teach him a lesson, and the father tied him to the bed with a rope. Their purpose is to get Zhang Min to quit drugs, so that they can take care of him in the future and no longer let him continue to endanger themselves and others.
However, after his mother, Zhang Min, he immediately sensed that something was wrong and began to struggle. He saw his father with a stick in his hand, and he begged his parents not to use violence to solve the problem, but to hope that they would help him get off drugs.
However, Zhang Min's words angered his father, who on the spur of the moment smashed him with a stick.
In Zhang Min's father's house, the three of them were emotional, causing his father to be too heavy, and Zhang Min died under the stick. By the time the old couple came back to their senses, it was already a few hours later, and the sky was already bright.
That's when they realized their mistake. The father calmly said: "I'll do it, I'll turn myself in." The wife insisted: "I instigated it." They argued in this house, and the father's heart was filled with grief as they looked at his son, who had died in bed.
It occurred to him that his son had a lot of debts during his lifetime, and if they just turned themselves in, the debts would fall on their daughter-in-law and daughter. Thinking of this, they wiped away their tears, dragged their son's body to the back yard, and buried it.
After listening to the second elder's story, the policemen also sighed deeply. Although killing is a violation of the law, they decide to help the elderly couple.
Under the watchful eyes of the whole village, the old couple was taken away by the police. The villagers talked a lot about this, because Zhang Min's parents have always been regarded by everyone as honest people, how could they be taken into the police car?
Villagers curiously surrounded the police and asked what had happened. Tell them that Zhang Min has passed away. After hearing this, the villagers decided to lend a helping hand to the poor old man, because they were very sympathetic to the family's plight and could understand why they had done such a thing.
In July 2013, the village councils of the surrounding villages became a gathering place for mixed emotions. The villagers gathered to plead on behalf of Zhang Min's parents, and together they put their own handprints on the letter and handed it over to the court.
Since Zhang Min's parents were taken away, this incident has caused heated discussions in the local area, and many ** in Nanjing have reported and paid attention to the progress of the incident. Since cases involving parents killing their sons are extremely rare, the verdict in this case is expected to be a classic.
The court also attached great importance to the case and conducted an in-depth investigation.
In the court, Zhang Min's sister insisted: "My brother often yells at home, and we have heard a few screams before, but never expected such a thing to happen." ”
When the judge asked if she knew about her parents wanting to kill her brother, she denied it and said they never mentioned it. The judge then interviewed Zhang Min's daughter-in-law, neighbors, uncle, and others, and their testimony was consistent: Zhang Min had become a nuisance to the family, with a bad attitude towards elders, neighbors, and juniors, and arrogant behavior.
* In the process of investigating Zhang Min's suspected drug abuse case, it was discovered that his friend was also involved in drug problems, so he found out about it. According to the confessions of these friends, Zhang Min is a young man with bad conduct, addicted to drugs, and is getting deeper and deeper.
After considering these clues, the judge held that Zhang Min's actions had a negative impact on society, but his death had a small impact on society. In addition, Zhang Min's parents' purpose was not to kill people, but to make Zhang Min disabled, and they killed him by mistake.
In summary, the court held that the case met the conditions for a lighter punishment. In October 2013, the Nanjing Municipal People's Court** heard the case. On the same day, the village sent more than 20 villager representatives, who brought a joint letter expressing their support for Zhang Min's family and their expectations for justice.
Speaking on behalf of the villagers in court, the village chief said: "We deeply understand the plight of this elderly couple, their behavior is indeed unavoidable, and we implore the judges to deal with it leniently!" ”
The villagers expressed their sympathy to the two old men, which deeply touched them. The judge continued the trial according to the procedure, and then it was the daughter-in-law's turn to speak. The daughter-in-law said: "My parents-in-law treat me and my daughter as if they were my own flesh and blood, which is why I have always adhered to my marriage, and I want to repay their kindness!"
I think they deserve everyone's tolerance and understanding! ”
At the trial scene, watching their daughter-in-law defend herself with tears in her eyes, the couple couldn't help but shed tears. The judge asked Zhang's father why he did not choose to turn himself in after the incident.
The father wiped away tears and explained: "I wanted to turn myself in, but after my son died, I was the only one left in the family who could work to earn money, and my daughter-in-law had no job and only lived on a few acres of land."
The son owes nearly half a million yuan in debt due to drug abuse, and if I am caught, those creditors come to collect the debt, and the two women may not be able to bear it. The father continued: "Now that part of the arrears have been paid off, you have nothing to say about arresting me, but this case was planned by me, and it has nothing to do with my wife!" ”
After listening to Zhang Min's parents and wife, they immediately scrambled to admit that they had planned and let them do it. This surprised the judge a little. After careful consideration, the judge announced the verdict of the second elder in court: "Zhang Min's father was sentenced to five years in prison with a three-year reprieve; Zhang Min's mother was sentenced to four years in prison, which will be executed immediately. ”
After the verdict was handed down, the villagers at the scene were very happy and expressed their gratitude to the judge. At this time, Zhang Min's mother was crying, and her daughter-in-law, who was sitting in the audience, couldn't suppress her emotions, she came over and cried with her mother-in-law.
It was because I didn't educate my son well that he got to where he is today. Now, the two elderly men have been released from prison and the case has been fairly adjudicated. As parents, they expect their children to be able to repay their parenting grace, but Zhang Min is violent to his parents under the ** of drugs.
If it weren't for his impulsive behavior, his family wouldn't have had to suffer so painfully. This incident ruined not only himself, but also the entire family.