On February 19, according to Beijing Youth Daily, there was a new development in the case of "the murder of a 21-year-old morning jogging girl in Zhushan, Hubei" in 2021, and the Supreme People's Court conducted a death penalty review of the case** Zhang, and ruled to approve the previous court's criminal ruling that Zhang was guilty of intentional homicide, robbery, and insulting a corpse, and decided to carry out the death penalty and fine. The girl's family confirmed to reporters that Zhang had been executed.
According to the death penalty review document released on the judgment document website, Zhang was sentenced to life imprisonment on December 16, 1998 for robbery, **, and theft, deprived of political rights for life, and confiscated all personal property, and was released on March 8, 2016 after commutation.
The Supreme People's Court found that at about 7 o'clock on November 1, 2021, Zhang came to a park in Zhushan County, Hubei Province with a sharp knife purchased in advance to commit a robbery. When Zhang was climbing along the trail, he saw the victim Zhu (female, died at the age of 21) climbing the mountain alone, so he followed him to the platform at the top of the park and hijacked an iPhone while Zhu was sitting on a stone bench and listening to a song with headphones.
According to the death penalty review document, Zhang held Zhu hostage with a knife and went to the bushes under the platform, and because Zhu resisted and called for help, Zhang stabbed Zhu continuously with a knife in order to kill him, causing Zhu's death. After Zhang fled the scene, he sold the stolen mobile phone. At about 16 o'clock the next day, Zhang returned to the scene, insulted the corpse, and put the sharp knives and other objects left at the scene into a plastic bag, and discarded them in the river down the mountain.
The court held that Zhang used violent means to rob other people's property on the spot for the purpose of illegal possession, and his conduct constituted the crime of robbery; Intentionally and unlawfully depriving another person of his or her life for the purpose of extinguishing his or her own has constituted the crime of intentional homicide; If the victim is insulted after the killing, his conduct also constitutes the crime of insulting the corpse and shall be punished concurrently in accordance with law. Zhang's robbery and murder, causing the death of one person and insulting the corpse, is heinous in nature, and the circumstances and consequences are serious, and should be punished in accordance with law.
The Supreme People's Court ruled that the Hubei Provincial High People's Court (2022) E Xing Zhong No. 226 upheld the first-instance sentence of the defendant Zhang for intentional homicide and deprivation of political rights for life; sentenced to 5 years imprisonment and a fine of 5,000 yuan for robbery; He was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison for the crime of insulting a corpse, and it was decided to carry out the criminal verdict of death, deprivation of political rights for life, and a fine of 5,000 yuan.
Event Recap:
In the early morning of November 1, 2021, Zhu Moutian, a 21-year-old woman, went missing after a morning run in Nanshan Park, Zhushan County, Hubei Province.
Zhu Moutian's mother told reporters that after her daughter graduated from junior college, she will work with her in a company in Shenzhen since 2020. Recently, Zhu Tiantian signed up for the recruitment examination of public institutions in his hometown of Zhushan County, and returned to his hometown on October 18 to prepare for the exam.
She has always had a habit of running in the morning, and often goes out for a run before 6 o'clock. She used to run around the blocked river in the city, then go to Nanshan Park, and then go home around 8 o'clock. "At about 7:40 on November 1, Zhu Tiantian, who went out for a morning jog, passed with her father once, and her family did not see her go home for a long time.
According to the public **, at 6:47 in the morning of the same day, Zhu Moutian appeared at the foot of Nanshan Park, and at this time, no one else appeared around her. The reporter learned that it takes about 1 hour to go home along Nanshan Park from the side of Zhu Moutian's uphill mountain. The hill is wooded and sparsely populated, and there is no public ** installed. According to calculations, Zhu Moutian appeared at the foot of the mountain on the other side at about 8 o'clock in the morning, but Zhu Moutian's family checked the ** for several hours and did not find the child.
After calling the police, the local police also used a variety of police forces to search for it.
On the morning of November 5, Zhu Moutian was found. Unfortunately, she has passed away.
On November 8, the Zhushan County Public Security Bureau reported: At 22:00 on November 1, 2021, the Zhushan County Public Security Bureau received a report from Zhu, saying that his daughter Zhu Moutian (female, 21 years old) was missing during morning exercise that day. In the early morning of the 5th, Zhu Moutian's body was found in the trees of Nanmen Mountain. The Zhushan County Public Security Bureau successfully arrested the suspect Zhang (male, 41 years old, from Zhushan County) on November 8.
*: Beijing Youth Daily, Zhushan Rong Media, Southern *** Jimu News, ** Evening News.