Core tip: Xu Qian, who was the national champion of China in 2004 Miss Tourism World, was mysteriously murdered in Lijiang in November 2007. The murderer was her employer Wei Lei who hired her for taking photos. According to Wei's confession, they "agreed to commit suicide" after making love and he helped Xu kill herself. Recently, the first-instance court thought that it was too difficult to obtain evidence in this case, and Wei Lei surrendered and was willing to pay compensation, so he was sentenced to death with reprieve.