Yulin - Two kidnappers who threw their victim off a mountain cliff and demanded four million yuan from the victim's family have been captured by the police of Shenmu County, local media reported.
Liu, a 28-year-old employee of a company in Shenmu County, failed to return home after work on the evening of October 16. At about 8 p.m., her father received a phone call saying that his daughter was with them and they asked for a ransom of four million yuan. Her father immediately reported the case to the Criminal Investigation Team of Daliuta Branch of Shenmu County Public Security Bureau. After receiving the report, the police immediately formed a special investigating team and launched an investigation. After a lot of interviews, the police found Liu bound in a mountain ravine at 9:00 a.m. on October 19. However, she had already died. Through screening, the police soon identified the suspects and their escape direction. On October 23, the police captured suspect Zhao Shijie in Zhumadian City of Henan Province. On October 26, another suspect Feng Donghong was arrested in Shenmu.
According to the police investigation, both suspects are from Xiping County of Henan Province. "People in these places all have money. If we kidnap someone, we can make some money." In early October this year, Feng Donghong told his fellow townsman Zhao Shijie about his plan, and Zhao agreed. Then they plotted to kidnap single drivers in the mining area of Shenmu County and ask for money.
At about 3:00 p.m. on October 16, Liu drove home alone. When the two suspects saw that the driver was a woman, they drove a motorcycle and deliberately collided with Liu's car. When Liu got out of her car to check the situation, she was forcibly controlled by the two suspects. After making a phone call to her family demanding money, the two suspects bound Liu, sealed her mouth with adhesive tape, put her in the car, and fled.
The police said that Liu might have fallen into coma due to the bumping of the vehicle. The two suspects thought that Liu had died, so they threw her off the mountain cliff. Currently, the two suspects have been placed under criminal detention by the police of Shenmu County according to law.