The police of the special investigating team rushed to Wenxi County overnight. At about 9 p.m. on January 13, Liu was captured at the "Prince Hotel" in Wenxi County. After a day and night of trial, Liu confessed that due to greed for money, after knowing Xiaojuan online, and learning that Xiaojuan's child was a boy, he had evil intentions. After conspiring with Xu from Juye County in Shandong Province, he lied about going out to play, deceiving Xiaojuan and her son to Xu's house, where he took the opportunity to abduct Xiaojuan's child, Xuanxuan, and handed him over to Xu, who sold the child to others for 41,000 yuan. Afterwards, Liu received 30,000 yuan of the ill-gotten gains, but he did not know to whom Xu had sold the child. Xiaojuan is 21 years old this year, and she has a lovely mischievous boy named Xuanxuan, who is over one year old. Because of a relatively monotonous life, Xiaojuan often went online to pass the time. Last May, she met an internet friend named "Love Killer" while chatting online, and they got along very well. Soon, they met, and Xiaojuan didn't dislike this middle-aged man who called himself "Wang Hao", and they talked happily.
After receiving the report, Deputy Director of Yuncheng Public Security Bureau and Director of Yanhu Branch Zhou Xin paid high attention and immediately convened Deputy Director Ning Huajie and the head of the Criminal Investigation Team Ma Xuesen to discuss the case. That night, the "1・09" Child Trafficking Case Special Investigating Team was established.
After detailed questioning of Xiaojuan, the police of the special investigating team preliminarily determined that Wang Hao had significant suspicion of committing the crime, and they must find Wang Hao first. However, although Xiaojuan had met Wang Hao multiple times and even traveled with him, the personal information of Wang Hao provided by her, after being checked by the police on the national population information network, turned out not to be the real Wang Hao.
Despite the victim being unable to provide the true identity and specific address of the suspect, the police of the special investigating team still used the description of the suspect's characteristics to retrieve photos of more than 1,000 men matching the facial features using the national population information network, allowing Xiaojuan to identify them. Meanwhile, the police of the special investigating team conducted visits and investigations in Wenxi County and Xiayi County in Yuncheng City based on the suspect's accent. On the afternoon of January 13, when the police showed the photo of Liu, a man from Shimeng Township in Wenxi County with significant suspicion of committing the crime, to Xiaojuan, she immediately recognized him as "Wang Hao," the "Love Killer" she trusted so much.
One day last September, the two met again. Wang Hao proposed taking Xiaojuan and Xuanxuan out for a trip to relax. Naive Xiaojuan believed it to be true and followed Wang Hao to Juye County in Heze City, Shandong Province, staying at the home of Wang Hao's friend.
Unexpectedly, just as Xiaojuan was immersed in the new environment and lost herself in joy, Xuanxuan went missing unexpectedly. This panicked Xiaojuan, and Wang Hao and his friend searched everywhere. After finding no results, soon Xiaojuan returned to Yuncheng with Wang Hao.
Later, Wang Hao disappeared, and when Xiaojuan dialed his mobile number, his phone was off. Xiaojuan then tried to contact Wang Hao through the chat tool online, but he was always offline and did not reply. Poor Xiaojuan finally woke up from her dream. On the afternoon of January 9, accompanied by her family, she reported the case to the Criminal Investigation Team of the Yanhu Public Security Division, asking the police to help her find her beloved son.
On the morning of January 31, Guo, 62 years old, was arrested. It turned out that Guo's daughter had been married for several years without having children, so after discussing with her daughter and son-in-law, Guo bought Xuanxuan from Xu for 41,000 yuan. However, just after the Spring Festival, Guo's daughter and son-in-law went to work in Shanghai, taking Xuanxuan with them.
After Xu was arrested, the police interrogated him on the spot. The cunning Xu denied everything and refused to confess. When confronted with various evidence, he had no choice but to admit that he had sold Xuanxuan through a man named Guo from Juye County in Shandong Province.
Although Liu could not specify which town or village Xu lived in Juye County, the police of the special investigating team set out overnight with a responsible attitude towards the victim, driving through the cold to Shandong Juye to arrest Xu. With the cooperation of the local public security authorities, the police visited more than 200 villages before finally finding Xu's residence on January 21. But by then, Xu had already fled.
During the Spring Festival, the command post of the special investigating team did not relax its pursuit of the criminal suspect Xu. On January 29, the seventh day of the first lunar month, the police of the special investigating team once again rushed to Juye, Shandong, enduring temperatures below minus 10 degrees Celsius, staking out and waiting for a day and night, finally capturing Xu who had quietly returned home.
Currently, the criminal suspects Liu and Xu have both been criminally detained by the Yanhu Public Security Branch. Therefore, the villagers of the place where Xiaojuan and Xuanxuan live came to the bureau with drums and gongs to express their gratitude to the people's police.
On February 1, at the Heze Bus Station in Shandong Province, Xuanxuan was safely handed over to the police of the special investigating team and returned to Yuncheng that day, reuniting with his mother Xiaojuan after more than 100 days of separation.
The patient and meticulous police officers of the special investigating team explained policies and laws to Guo, making Guo realize that trafficking in children is an illegal and criminal act. Regretting his actions, Guo was willing to cooperate with the police and let his daughter take the abducted child Xuanxuan back to their hometown in Shandong.
On the morning of February 13, the villagers of the Chepan Office of the Yanhu District in Yuncheng City came to the front of the Yanhu Branch of the Public Security Bureau, beating drums and gongs. The villagers placed plaques and banners there, with messages full of gratitude written on them. The reporter learned that this touching scene originated from the online incident encountered by Xiaojuan (a pseudonym), a resident of the Chepan Office.
Yuncheng Yanhu District police traveled thousands of miles to investigate and solve a child trafficking case. The abducted boy finally returned home.