One day in June 2003, when the head of the Rongchang County Criminal Police Team in Chongqing was chasing a fugitive in Shenzhen, he received a call from a man with a Shanxi accent.
The man asked in a deep voice if he was the captain of the team, and told him the clues he had about Peng Hongju, and this Peng Hongju had been looking for her for 11 years.
Despite the excitement in his heart, ** still tried to stay calm and asked Peng Hongju where he was now.
Peng Hongju's clues seem to be a little vague, but she only roughly knows that she may be in a village in Qianchuan Township, Hequ County, Shanxi. The person who hit ** promised that he would contact ** again after figuring out the specific situation of Peng Hongju.
After hanging up, he released his clenched fist, recalling in his mind the "8.17" human trafficking case that shocked the whole country 11 years ago, and the series of disappearances still makes him unforgettable.
In May 1992, Rongchang County received a call to the police that a child had disappeared while playing outside. After a visit and investigation, it was confirmed that this was a typical child abduction case, and a special team was immediately set up to investigate.
* was one of the first four members of the task force. Soon, it was discovered that the abduction case was closely related to a family-style extraordinarily large human trafficking organization with Chen Dingqi and Chen Dinghai brothers as the core.
On August 17, ** successfully closed the net, completely destroyed the 44-member abduction and trafficking organization, and arrested 43 criminals in a short period of time, including the main culprits Chen Dingqi, Chen Dinghai, Cao Denglong, Li Zhaoyu, Liu Xingzhen and He Jigao.
The only fish that slipped through the net was Peng Hongju, who was also one of the seven main culprits in this criminal gang.
After more than a year of arduous efforts by the police handling the case, this extraordinarily serious human trafficking case was finally exposed, and the criminal gang trafficked a total of 85 people, including 5 women and 80 children.
Sadly, 10 children died in the course of their trafficking because they were ill and could not be treated. The "August 17" extraordinarily serious human trafficking case shocked the whole country, and four of the six main culprits were shot to death, one was given a suspended death sentence, and one was sentenced to life imprisonment.
The main suspect, Peng Hongju, was also listed as an A-level fugitive by the Ministry of Public Security in 2000. Although ** was transferred to the Rongchang Anfu Town Police Station as the director, he never gave up the pursuit and investigation of Peng Hongju, and even sent someone to Peng Hongju's residence in Yanjiaqiao Village, Guchang Town for monitoring.
However, although it was initially said that Peng Hongju might be in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, in the years that followed, she seemed to have evaporated from the world, and there was no more news.
After several years of unremitting efforts, the head of the ** criminal police finally received an important clue about Peng Hongju in June 2003. He was very excited about the news, as it might be the only clue to find Peng Hongju.
However, after a long time, the insider did not call again, which made ** very disappointed. However, he did not give up, and finally on January 27, 2004, after more than half a year, he received the insider's ** again, and agreed to talk in detail in Rongchang the next day.
After many days of investigation and tracking, **Under the guidance of an insider, he found Peng Hongju's current hiding place. In order to protect the safety of those in the know, no information about them has been disclosed.
* Quickly led Hu Fayong and Li Xiaoping to Taiyuan, Shanxi, where they overcame severe cold weather and transportation difficulties to finally reach Hequ County. Under the guidance of a cadre in the township, they found Peng Hongju's house and found her watching TV at home, her face panicked.
After learning their true identities, she showed a surprised expression, and then asked in Shanxi dialect, "Who are you looking for?" ”
*I've never met Peng Hongju, but **I have her 38-year-old ** in my hands. The woman on the kang is extremely similar to Peng Hongju in terms of face shape and hairstyle, ** it is certain that she is Peng Hongju who has been absconding for nearly 12 years.
Despite the excitement surging in his heart, ** still controlled himself, looked at Peng Hongju and asked, "May I ask what your name is?" Peng Hongju opened her mouth to say something, but looked nervously outside, and then said in Shanxi dialect: "My name is Huang Shiying." ”
However, ** immediately exposed her lies: "Your name is Peng Hongju, your husband's name is Chen Dingqi, and he has been shot for human trafficking." Hearing this, Peng Hongju's face turned red, and he suddenly cried: "Arrest me back, I've been waiting for you for 11 years!" ”
*Taken aback by her reaction, why run away if she thinks so**? At this moment, several big men walked into the room angrily, and Peng Hongju immediately stopped crying when he saw them and became panicked.
After these big men learned that the three in front of them were real policemen, and the daughter-in-law of the old Zhao family was a wanted criminal, they had to choose to cooperate and let the three of them take her away.
Peng Hongju suddenly said gratefully to ** and others: "Thank you for letting me leave this unbearable place." In the past 11 years, I have only taken 3 showers, and I have suffered from cerebral thrombosis, gallstones, and cerebral hemorrhage, which caused me to be half paralyzed and confined to bed and watch TV all day.
So, how did this female devil, who once broke up 85 families, fall to such a point? On the way back, Peng Hongju told ** and others about her experience after ...... escapeGood and evil will be rewarded in the end, and the way of heaven is good reincarnation.
In August 1992, after Peng Hongju abducted and sold a baby to Henan, he boarded a train back to Chongqing with a leather bag full of large amounts of cash. ”
The train arrived at Chongqing Railway Station, and Peng Hongju was the last to get off. As soon as she got out of the car, she saw an accomplice running over in a hurry and told her: "Oh no, Brother Dingqi, they were all arrested by the police, and now they are arresting our people everywhere, you should run quickly!" ”
After hearing the news, Peng Hongju was shocked, knowing that her husband would definitely not come back this time. She knew that husband and wife were originally birds in the same forest, and when the disaster came, they flew separately, and they could run one by one.
So, she left the train station in a hurry, with only one thought in her heart: "I can't be caught, once I am caught, I will die!" ”
Peng Hongju set out from Chongqing, fled north, hid all the way, and finally arrived in Baotou, Inner Mongolia. In the process of escaping, she was interrogated by the police many times, but she skillfully avoided them.
However, her funds soon ran out, and in order to survive, she had to work in black brick factories and iron factories. But disappointingly, the wages she earned for her hard work never arrived.
Despite the hardships of life, Peng Hongju still persevered, looking forward to the day when she could get out of this predicament.
Peng Hongju met a Sichuan guy in the factory, and his Sichuan accent made Peng Hongju frightened, thinking that he was disguised by the police and planned to find out her details.
Although after a few days of observation, Peng Hongju confirmed that he was not a police officer, but avoided contact with him as much as possible. However, after the young man heard that Peng Hongju was a lone migrant worker from Sichuan, he felt sympathy in his heart and began to take the initiative to chat with her, and called her "sister".
As time passed, Peng Hongju found that this little fellow was not a police officer in disguise, so he began to relax his vigilance and chatted with him very speculatively, and the relationship between the two gradually became closer.
Peng Hongju felt overwhelmed by her homelessness, and then she met a kind-hearted young man who said that he had relatives in Shanxi and was planning to go to him. Peng Hongju's trust in the young man made her agree to the invitation without hesitation and decided to go to Shanxi with the young man.
Peng Hongju followed the young man out of Baotou and came to Duoyin Village, Qianchuan Township, Hequ County, Shanxi Province. The young man told her that he had a relative there and invited her to stay with him for a few days.
Without hesitation, Peng Hongju followed him to a bare cave that was only a dozen square meters in size. Looking at the cave in front of him, Peng Hongju couldn't help but have doubts in his heart.
After entering the cave, she saw an old man in his fifties, who was sitting on the kang and looking at her with a smile. Peng Hongju noticed the old man's eyes, which were the kind of eyes she was once familiar with, and whenever she found the "buyer" with the "goods", the "buyer" would show this kind of scrutiny look.
But now, Peng Hongju's identity has changed from "seller" to "goods".
Peng Hongju encountered a great change in her life on an ordinary day. Originally, she just wanted to escape, but she didn't expect that several young and strong people had already appeared outside the door.
They kidnapped Peng Hongju and sold her to Zhao Rongxiu, an old sheep herder who was ten years older than herd, for 3,500 yuan. Peng Hongju's identity certificate was disposed of, so she did not marry Zhao Rongxiu, but became his "daughter-in-law".
In order to prevent Peng Hongju from escaping, Zhao Rongxiu's relatives looted all her money and belongings, and closed the windows and doors of the house while they were guarded outside.
Fortunately, when Peng Hongju was found trying to escape, she was not beaten off her leg like other abducted women, but was punched and kicked and "dismounted".
After being beaten, Peng Hongju became much more "obedient".
It has been the second year since Peng Hongju was abducted to the countryside of Shanxi, and her physical condition has deteriorated. She suffered from cerebral thrombosis and gallstones, unable to work in the field, and suffered a cerebral hemorrhage that left her half of her body.
This kind of life completely deprived her of the courage to escape. The living conditions of Zhao Rongxiu's family are very difficult, they can only eat potatoes and millet every day, and can only enjoy a meal of meat during the Chinese New Year.
In the past 11 years of her life, she has only taken three baths, and she has always longed to be able to take a comfortable hot bath and eat a rich meal of vegetables and meat. Peng Hongju often returns to her hometown in her dreams, and sees her three children, even her one-year-old daughter who left will call her mother.
However, every time she wakes up from a dream, she is still greeted by poor caves and endless loess.
Peng Hongju had the idea of turning herself in and had the opportunity to leave the village, but she was withdrawn by herself. On one occasion she was taken to the county hospital for gallstones** and came back in a hurry after only 7 days.
The reason is that she already knows the news that her husband Chen Dingqi was shot, and she doesn't want to repeat her husband's mistakes. In the past few years, Peng Hongju begged Zhao Rongxiu to sell the family's donkey, buy a 21-inch TV, and then watch TV in front of the TV every day, either Sichuan or Chongqing.
In the past 11 years, Peng Hongju has been anxiously wondering whether the police will come to look for her, but this place is far away from the city, remote and isolated, how could the police find her?
The police found her, which was both a relief and a burden for her, because she had committed many sins in her past actions. Therefore, she hopes that the police will find her, and that the police will not find her.
On February 1, 2004, Chongqing's "8.17" extraordinarily large human trafficking case finally ushered in the arrest of the last main culprit, Peng Hongju. Peng Hongju has always been an important suspect, and in the end, her arrest also brought this extraordinarily large human trafficking case to a successful conclusion.
However, behind Peng Hongju's arrest, there is a poor little girl's Qiaoqiao story. Qiaoqiao lost the company of her parents since she was a child, and lived with her grandfather, and after her grandfather died, she lived in the house of two aunts, never went to school, and helped her aunt's family with housework every day.
Qiaoqiao always thought that her mother had died, but now her mother has returned as a human trafficker, which has caused a great blow to her young heart. When Qiaoqiao saw her mother calling her name in the bars, she was terrified, and she didn't eat for three days after returning home.
This human trafficker case has brought great harm to the little girl, and I hope that in the future, society will pay more attention to children's rights and interests and reduce the occurrence of similar tragedies.
On 30 August 2004, the Chongqing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court heard the case in public. At the trial scene, Peng Hongju saw her two younger sisters and eldest daughter, whom she hadn't seen for many years, as well as the youngest daughter she had just met not long ago.
The prosecution cited evidence that Peng Hongju, together with Chen Dingqi and others, repeatedly abducted and trafficked children and women to Yuanwu Town, Yuanyang County, Henan Province, from February 1986 to August 1992.
In the face of this evidence, Peng Hongju frankly admitted the facts of the crime and confessed to his crime. In court, the prosecution and defense debated whether Peng Hongju was the main culprit.
"In the process of trafficking women and children, Peng Hongju bought and sold them as commodities, which seriously violated their legal rights and should be the main offender," the prosecutor said. ”
The defense argued: "Peng Hongju is illiterate, has no knowledge of illegal acts, and is also a victim himself, so he should not be the main culprit." ”
Peng Hongju decided to appeal because she was not satisfied with the court's death sentence. She cried that she was disabled and hoped that she would be given leniency and that she would be given another chance. However, she didn't take into account whether the victims whose life trajectories had changed as a result of her crimes would be willing to give her a chance.