At around 6 p.m. last night, 24-year-old Hou Jianyong was eating boxed meals in the interrogation room and began to shed tears after just a few bites.
Hou Jianyong had a master who taught him how to cheat at mahjong, but he "couldn't stand his master's character," and "spread rumors that I had an affair with his girlfriend Wu Mou." Hou Jianyong was very angry about this, and also suspected that he had contracted AIDS, which made his "mood extremely disturbed." As a result, Hou Jianyong decided to take revenge on his master. In the early hours of December 24th, he and his cousin tied up Wu Mou with tape, leading to her death.
After committing such a serious crime, Hou Jianyong fled to Guangdong to seek refuge with relatives. At around 11:30 a.m. yesterday, Hou Jianyong was arrested by the Changsha police. It was then that he learned that the person who reported his whereabouts was the very relative he intended to visit.
The woman's body was found inside a wardrobe
On December 25th, Tian Mou hadn't seen his wife Wu Mou for two days, so he reported it to the police that evening. The next day, the criminal investigation personnel found Wu Mou in a wardrobe in a rented apartment on Dingwang Terrace in Jianxiang Road, but she was already dead: her whole body was wrapped in tape, and her mouth was also sealed with tape. The Furong Public Security Bureau formed a special task force to investigate. Before the incident, the registered tenant of this rented apartment was "Hou Peng," and the name on the checkout form was "Hou Jianyong." The police ascertained that both Hou Jianyong and Hou Peng were from Changde. From the Changde police, they learned that Hou Peng had already turned himself in that night.
Hou Peng told the police that it was he and Hou Jianyong who killed Wu Mou, and the reason was that Hou Jianyong wanted to take revenge on the deceased's boyfriend Xiang Mou.
Family members reported his whereabouts
After Hou Peng turned himself in, he provided important clues for solving the case. Because before the crime, Hou Jianyong had bragged that "he not only wanted to scare Wu Mou, but also take revenge on others including Xiang Mou." The special task force immediately took protective measures for Xiang Mou and others, while simultaneously contacting Hou Jianyong's relatives.
In the afternoon of November 28th, one of Hou Jianyong's relatives told the police that Hou might have already fled to Guangzhou. The special task force immediately headed to Guangzhou. At around 11:30 a.m. yesterday, at the entrance of an Agricultural Bank in Baiyun District, Guangzhou City, Hou Jianyong was captured by the police, and a fruit knife was found on his person.
Hou Jianyong said that after fleeing to Guangzhou, he contacted a relative living in Guangzhou, hoping to meet with her. However, the relative had already learned about Hou Jianyong's crime beforehand and refused to meet. After hanging up the phone, this relative called Hou Jianyong's parents, thus revealing Hou's whereabouts to the police.
Hou Jianyong said: "I first returned to Changde, then went to Guangzhou, planning to see my relatives one last time. The fruit knife was intended for suicide."
Disliked his master, so wanted to "scare" his girlfriend
Hou Jianyong is 24 years old this year, but "has been working outside for more than ten years." Originally, Hou Jianyong only wanted to "earn money by working hard," but this year, things haven't gone well for him. He said: "This year has been very unlucky, didn't earn any money, and almost got tricked into joining a pyramid scheme twice..." About a month before the incident, Hou Jianyong met Xiang Mou near Liucheng Bridge. Hou said that Xiang Mou was an expert at mahjong, "I regarded him as my master and learned techniques for cheating at mahjong from him."
Wu Mou was Xiang Mou's girlfriend, and Hou Jianyong often played cards with Xiang Mou, Wu Mou, and others, occasionally taking drugs. But their relationship wasn't harmonious, "Master (Xiang Mou) suspected that I had an affair with Wu Mou, and spread rumors about me everywhere." Due to this, Hou harbored resentment towards Xiang Mou.
In fact, Wu Mou was a married woman, but she was completely devoted to Xiang Mou. "The master often beat and scolded her, but she helped him with everything, even borrowing high-interest loans for him to gamble." Hou Jianyong said that this made him dislike Xiang Mou even more.
About ten days before the incident, Hou Jianyong discovered multiple red spots on his body, suspecting that he had contracted AIDS from "playing around in earlier years," causing him to panic. "If I hadn't suspected myself of being sick, I wouldn't have thought of taking revenge on him." Hou Jianyong said, "My mood was terrible, and when my head got confused, I made a mistake."
In the early hours of December 24th, Hou Jianyong called his cousin Hou Peng, asking him to book a room in a rented apartment on Dingwang Terrace and buy some tape. Subsequently, Hou Jianyong lured Wu Mou to the rented apartment under the pretext of taking ecstasy together.
After exchanging only a few words, Hou Jianyong bound Wu Mou with tape, then placed her on the bed and covered her with a blanket. "I told her: 'Your husband treats you kindly, but your master beats and scolds you. You should think about it yourself.'" After sending his cousin out, Hou Jianyong returned to the room less than half an hour later and found that Wu Mou had already died. He packed Wu Mou's body in plastic bags and hid it in the wardrobe in the room, then fled to Changde, subsequently heading south to Guangzhou.
Currently, Hou Jianyong and Hou Peng are criminally detained on suspicion of intentional injury resulting in death.