Gansu Baiyin serial murder case was pronounced in the first instance： the defendant was sentenced to death.

Intermediate People’s Court of Baiyin City, Gansu Province (CCTV reporter An Wenjian)

　　CCTV News:This morning, the Intermediate People’s Court of Baiyin City, Gansu Province publicly pronounced the case of the defendant Gao Chengyong’s incidental civil action of robbery, intentional homicide, rape and insult to the body.Defendant Gao Chengyong was convicted of robbery, intentional homicide, rape and insulting a corpse, and was sentenced to death and deprived of political rights for life.Gao Chengyong said in court that he would not appeal.From 1988 to 2002, Gao Chengyong killed 11 women in Gansu and Inner Mongolia provinces, and the youngest victim was only 8 years old.

　　According to the facts, nature and circumstances of the crime committed by the defendant Gao Chengyong and the degree of harm to society, the court of first instance sentenced the defendant Gao Chengyong to robbery, sentenced him to death, deprived him of his political rights for life and confiscated all his personal property. Guilty of intentional homicide, sentenced to death and deprived of political rights for life; He was convicted of rape and sentenced to 10 years in prison and deprived of political rights for three years; He was convicted of insulting the corpse and sentenced to three years in prison; Decided to execute the death penalty, deprived of political rights for life, and confiscated all personal property. In addition, the defendant Gao Chengyong was sentenced to compensate the plaintiff in the incidental civil action for material losses. Gao Chengyong said in court that he would not appeal. (CCTV reporter Shi Yunsong)

　　The murderer killed 11 people in 14 years, and the police pursued him for 28 years.

　　From May 1988 to February 2002, for the purpose of seeking money, raping women and satisfying abnormal psychology, the defendant Gao Chengyong committed crimes of intentional homicide, rape, robbery and insulting corpses in Baiyin City, Gansu Province and Baotou City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, resulting in 11 female victims’ deaths (10 in Baiyin District, Baiyin City, Gansu Province and 1 in Kundulun District, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region).

　　So how did the police find the suspect Gao Chengyong? According to the police investigation, from the first case in 1988 to the last case in 2002, the suspect never seemed to hide his traces, and the task force also extracted the suspect’s fingerprints, footprints, biological traces and other evidence. Due to the limited conditions at that time, all fingerprints could only be identified manually. These exhibits failed to help the police find clues about the suspect in the vast sea of people.

　　In 2011, Baiyin established a DNA laboratory with the support of the Ministry of Public Security and Gansu Provincial Public Security Department, and gradually developed DNA-Y chromosome technology. This also provides a new means of solving crimes for the task force. With the help of new technology, 28 years later, on August 26th, 2016, Gao Chengyong was arrested by the police in a grocery store in Baiyin, and confessed to the crime of killing 11 women.

　　On July 18th, 2017, the Baiyin Intermediate People’s Court of Gansu held a closed hearing on Gao Chengyong’s case. The prosecution accused Gao Chengyong of four counts, including intentional homicide, rape, robbery and insulting the corpse.

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