On the morning of February 25th, a shocking murder case occurred in Bishan Community, Maya Street, Guichi District of Chizhou City. A 14-year-old second-year junior high school boy sneaked into his neighbor's house with a sharp knife, stabbed a 10-year-old girl on her face several times, then forcibly dragged her into a well and drowned her. Afterwards, he went home as if nothing had happened and continued to do his homework. It was learned that the murderer had excellent academic performance but had stolen women's underwear multiple times.
After returning home, the mother couldn't find her daughter
Bishan Community of Maye Street in Guichi District of Chizhou City is located near the city, accompanied by the beautiful Pingtian Lake. At 3 PM yesterday, I arrived at the scene of the incident and saw that the victim, a young girl named Wu Xiaoyu (pseudonym), lived on a low hillside. Right next door was the house of the murderer, Wu Cheng (pseudonym). Xiaoyu's mother told reporters that Xiaoyu was only 10 years old and attended the third grade at Bishan Primary School. On the morning of February 25th, she took her younger son to the health center for an IV drip, leaving Xiaoyu alone at home.
At 12 PM that day, when the mother returned home calling out for Xiaoyu, she didn’t see her daughter come out to greet her as usual. Walking inside, she found Xiaoyu's room door wide open, the fire bucket overturned on the ground, and the TV still playing. When she picked up the fire bucket, she was shocked to find a large patch of fresh blood on the floor and on the schoolbag.
The girl was stabbed and then thrown into the well to cover up the crime
"I sensed something had happened to my daughter," Xiaoyu's mother said. She immediately ran out of the house and asked the neighbors around one by one, but none of them had seen Xiaoyu. She had no choice but to return home. By then, Xiaoyu's father had also returned. Together, they discovered a long trail of bloody footprints on the cement floor of the living room, extending all the way to the back of the house. They also noticed a bloody handprint on the back doorframe.
Behind the house was a well over ten meters deep. Xiaoyu’s parents found bloodstains on the well's rim. After an hour of fishing, they finally found their daughter's body. Their once lively daughter was now cold and stiff. Xiaoyu's mother said it was clear how cruel the murderer had been: her daughter's face had been slashed three times, then she was forcibly dragged to the back of the house and thrown into the well. During this time, a blind elderly woman heard Xiaoyu desperately shouting for her mother.
The suspect was whistling while being arrested
Xiaoyu's father told reporters that after investigation, the police found the murderer to be their neighbor Wu Cheng. Even more surprisingly, after killing the girl at the age of 14, Wu Cheng acted as if nothing had happened. When everyone was waiting for the police to arrive, Wu Cheng was sitting on his electric scooter, whistling and squeezing pimples in front of a mirror. After being arrested, he lied, claiming that the weapon was discarded on top of a mountain, causing everyone to search for a whole day without finding it. It wasn’t until noon the next day that he revealed the truth: the knife was hidden in his home.
Wu Cheng's father, Wu Xiaowu, told reporters that on the morning of the incident, he and his wife were out moving cement. When they returned home at noon and ate lunch with their son, they didn't notice anything unusual about him. After hearing Xiaoyu's mother's cries from the neighbor, he went with his son to check what happened. "When Xiaoyu was fished out, my son standing behind me said fearfully, 'Wow, who could be so bold? Too cruel, it's scary just to look.'"
Excellent grades, loves stealing women's underwear
According to Wu Cheng's homeroom teacher, Mr. Qiu, Wu Cheng had excellent academic performance and ranked among the top five in the class. Generally speaking, he was a relatively obedient student. After the incident, he learned from the investigating police officers that Wu Cheng had stolen women's underwear multiple times. The child was in puberty and might lack necessary sex education. Wu Cheng's father said that he disciplined his son very strictly, making Wu Cheng get up at 5 o'clock every morning, read books for an hour, and then send him to school. After the incident, he learned that Wu Cheng had the habit of stealing women's underwear. He regretted not having noticed this earlier and said that if he had discovered it, he would have severely beaten Wu Cheng.
It is understood that currently, the Guichi District Public Security Bureau of Chizhou City has taken control of Wu Cheng, who has confessed to the criminal facts. (Reported by Qiao Jian)
Source: Anhui Business Daily