"The child is too cruel, a trivial matter leads to poisoning and killing!" On February 23rd, in the first group of Xiangquan Village, Hengqu Town, Meixian County, a couple had poison mixed into their food, resulting in their subsequent deaths. After investigation, the police quickly arrested the suspect. To everyone's surprise, the poisoner turned out to be a 15-year-old boy, a neighbor of the deceased couple!
On the noon of the 25th, I came to Xiangquan Village. In the earthen house of the victims, two bodies were laid. Outside the yard, there were two coffins placed. Relatives of the family stood in the courtyard. The sister-in-law of victim Xue Qinying wiped her tears and said: "Poor the two children of my sister! Although they were poor before, at least they had a home to return to. Now that both parents are gone, what will the two children do in the future... According to villager Xia's recollection, on the morning of February 23rd, 61-year-old Chen Niancai and his 46-year-old wife Xue Qinying made some simple corn porridge as usual, with fermented tofu on the side, preparing to eat and then go to Baoji City to visit their hospitalized child. At around 10:30 AM, Chen Niancai suddenly started foaming at the mouth. His wife quickly sought help from the villagers to support him onto the bed, but he kept groaning and passed away before the doctor arrived. Less than ten minutes later, Xue Qinying also felt stomach pain and shouted loudly in the courtyard. Villagers rushed over to help her from the courtyard into the house. Just like Chen Niancai, she passed away within ten minutes.
At around 1 PM, the Meixian County Public Security Bureau received an alarm. After on-site investigation by the police, it was determined that Chen Niancai and Xue Qinying died of poisoning.
Chen Niancai’s sister-in-law introduced that Chen Niancai had two children, a 14-year-old daughter in the first year of junior high school and an 11-year-old son in the fifth grade of elementary school. Last week, while playing, the son accidentally collided with a fire basin and suffered facial burns, being sent to Baoji for treatment, with his sister taking care of him in the hospital. Fortunately, because the siblings were not at home, they escaped this disaster.
The suspect dropped out of school early and had a stubborn temper.
According to Xu Min, the chief of Hengqu Police Station, after internal and external investigations by the police, it was learned that the victims had quarreled with a 15-year-old teenager Li Mou from the neighboring house a few days ago, and on the day of the incident, Li Mou, who usually liked to watch the commotion, unusually did not appear at the scene. Therefore, the police quickly locked down Li Mou as the suspect and controlled him. After interrogation, Li Mou admitted to the fact of poisoning.
It was understood that a few days before the incident, one of Xue Qinying's roosters went missing, and despite searching for several days, it was never found. On the 21st and 22nd, Xue Qinying continuously heard the rooster crowing at Li's house. Upon going to Li's house, the rooster flew out from Li's straw shed, leading to a verbal altercation between Xue Qinying and Li Mou over the "theft" of the rooster.
Villagers introduced that Li Mou dropped out of school after attending for two years and has been cutting grass and feeding cattle at home, doing farm work. When there was no work, he would just idle at home. "This child has a bit of a stubborn temper, sometimes he cuts alfalfa from others' fields. Once, he inserted wire into the lock of Chen Niancai's house and even threw away their washed shoes."
I saw that Li Mou's house was also two earthen rooms. Before the incident, his parents were busy building a new house elsewhere, leaving only his grandfather at home. After the incident, Li Mou was controlled by the police, and his father was summoned.
According to Li Mou's confession to the police, when Chen Niancai's couple were not paying attention, he secretly sneaked into their house and poured a bottle of pesticide into the oil pot and fermented tofu. Li Mou said that since Chen Niancai had reported him to his father for stealing things in the village, causing him to be beaten by his father, and due to the recent dispute with Xue Qinying over the rooster, he harbored resentment towards the Chen couple and retaliated by poisoning them.
Zhang Hui, the town mayor of Hengqu Town, stated that the town government has already applied for orphan assistance for the two children of Chen Niancai. They will later discuss with relatives of the Chen family to ensure proper guardianship for the two children.
By reporter Yangmei Dang and Aiping Ma