On the afternoon of May 9, 2017, a police station in Guangzhou walked into a mother and son, only to see that the mother was already a white-haired old man, dressed in simple clothes, and her waist could not stand up straight; the son supported his mother, and his face was full of sorrow and sadness.
The policeman thought that the mother and son had encountered some difficulties in their lives, so they took the initiative to greet the two to sit down, and patiently took notes to ask them if they had any difficulties in life. But who knows, the old man's next words shocked all the police officers present!
Only to see the old man silent for a while, the son also turned his head to the side and looked into the distance. Then the old lady said slowly, "Comrade policeman, I am the first to surrender!" I poisoned my son! ”
After the police listened, they directly froze in place, and the pen in his hand suddenly stopped. The staff could not have imagined that this old lady who looked kind and kind was actually the one who turned himself in! And the victim is still his son. So what's going on here? What kind of punishment will the old lady receive?
The establishment of happy families
The old lady who came to report the case was named Wang Wanlan (pseudonym), and he killed his youngest son Li Jian'en (pseudonym), and when she talked about her young son, the old lady could not help but sigh and could not help but fall into the memories of the past.
Wang Wanlan was born in Guangzhou in 1934, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, she worked as a worker at the Guangzhou power plant and gradually settled down since then. As the saying goes, "the male eldest should marry, the female eldest should marry", after Wang Wanlan had a stable job, her family also found a marriage partner for her.
But Wang Wanlan obviously has a heart, that is, the young man who works with her in the power plant, surnamed Li. The love of the two people finally came together as they wished after receiving the consent of their families and the blessings of their colleagues.
In 1957, Wang Wanlan gave birth to his first son, Li Jianjian (pseudonym), the man who followed Wang Wanlan to report the crime, and a happy family of three was established. The eldest son thrived under the careful care of the husband and wife, and the eldest son was very clever and lively from an early age, bringing a lot of joy and laughter to the family.
Wang Wanlan and his wife
In order to raise their son, the couple gave him the best of everything, the two saved money, but never felt the hardship, as long as the son had a happy childhood, the two people felt worthwhile.
Wang Wanlan's husband is also a model husband, conscientious at work, returning home with a baby full-time, sharing a lot of pressure for Wang Wanlan. The living conditions of the two people have been improving, their incomes have become higher and higher, and their lives at home have gradually improved.
After having a better family environment, the husband and wife have the idea of regenerating one, after all, in the past, family planning had not been implemented, and people said that they had more children and more blessings, and raised children to prevent old age. The same is true for Wang Wanlan, she also has the same thoughts.
Raising children and preventing old age
In 1971, the eldest son at this time was fourteen years old and did not need his parents to take care of him all the time, so Wang Wanlan gave birth to a son again, named Li Jian'en.
In order to give birth to Li Jian'en, the husband and wife can be said to have made full preparations, because Wang Wanlan was 37 years old when she gave birth, which belongs to the elderly mother.
Elderly mothers were very dangerous in that era of backward medical care, but fortunately, Wang Wanlan's family conditions were good, so the husband bought a lot of nutritional products to supplement his wife's body.
As Li Jian'en grew up day by day, the couple was also relieved, but gradually, the attentive wife found that something was wrong.
Old photos at the time
Take good care of your children
When Wang Wanlan was three years old, Wang Wanlan felt that something was wrong: normal children had learned to walk at this stage, but Li Jian'en still could not walk; most children could learn to call their parents, but Li Jian'en never spoke.
Wang Wanlan frowned, afraid of what kind of illness the child had, but also constantly blamed himself for not being able to teach the child well, the husband learned of his wife's worries, did not comfort Wang Wanlan, he said: "The child is still small, it will be better to grow up, you have to give him a process." ”
After that, Wang Wanlan began to teach her children to walk wholeheartedly, and she hoped that her son could fly first and catch up later, but all this was in vain, and the child still did not get better.
Normal children
In this way, another year has passed, four-year-old Li Jian'en still can't talk or walk, and other children can run around the streets and play with their friends! At this moment, Wang Wanlan realized that things were not good! She quickly picked up her son and went to the local hospital with her husband for examination.
After a careful examination by the hospital, the doctor shook his head and told them an unfortunate news: "Your son has Down syndrome!" ”
The so-called "Down syndrome" is a disease caused by chromosomal abnormalities (an extra chromosome 21). 60% of the children miscarried in the early stages of pregnancy, and the survivors had obvious intelligence backwardness, special appearance, growth and development disorders and multiple malformations.
Down syndrome
That is to say, Li Jian'en can only stay at the level of intelligence of a few years old and lose the ability to take care of himself.
This news can frighten Wang Wanlan, she can not accept this fact, suddenly lying in her husband's arms and crying bitterly, and her husband has also asked the doctor many times whether there can be a special medicine. The doctor just shook his head and sighed.
After that, Wang Wanlan and his wife took a long vacation to the factory and took their son to a big hospital in other places to see, they thought that the county hospital was backward in equipment, and they could not believe the judgment made by the county hospital. After hearing what happened to his family, the factory leader also expressed sympathy and approved the request of the two.
Old times hospital
The couple ran all over many cities in search of good medicines that could treat Down syndrome, but this disease is a typical incurable disease, there is no cure at all, after more than a year of travel, the two had to accept this cruel reality.
Since his son's illness cannot be cured in the future, he can only let his parents accompany him more, and Wang Wanlan, who returned to his hometown, has lost a smile on his face and took care of his son while working
Unconsciously, six years have passed, Li Jian'en is more than ten years old, still can't speak, his eyes are empty, his eyes are unfocused, the only thing to be thankful for is to be able to walk a few steps, but as long as he walks more, he will still fall.
Take care of your son
Wang Wanlan felt that he would be able to save his son, so he resolutely quit his job and decided to do his best to take good care of his son.
In order to take care of her son, Wang Wanlan's efforts over the years have been looked at by relatives and neighbors. At that time, Wang Wanlan was only in his forties, getting up early every day and being greedy, cooking and washing clothes for children, and teaching children to walk and talk.
Wang Wanlan rarely left her home, and no longer went to her relatives, so she followed the child and helped the child to go hand in hand. Normal middle-aged women like to sit on the street, and they also nag their parents in the neighborhood, but Wang Wanlan really can't do this.
Old photos of power plant workers
Husband and eldest son Li Jianjian are well aware of Wang Wanlan's difficulty, since Wang Wanlan resigned, the family has lost an income, this burden of making money, fell on the head of the father and son, Li Jianjian directly dropped out of school to work, and her husband often worked overtime in the factory.
Someone once suggested that Wang Wanlan would have another child if he didn't. But Wang Wanlan refused, she did not dare to take this risk again, after all, she was already an elderly mother, in case of another sick child, it would really drag this family down!
Spend your life for your son
At first, Wang Wanlan wanted to raise children and prevent old age, but now the situation is reversed, and Wang Wanlan has taken care of her son wholeheartedly. Down syndrome is different from other diseases, it can cause many complications, such as heart disease, leukemia, etc., so that patients have low immunity.
Li Jian'en is no exception, although the mother has taken care of the child wholeheartedly, but Li Jian'en's body is too fragile, often affected by wind and cold will form a serious illness! This made Wang Wanlan bring a few extra clothes every time he went out in the cold and put them on his son.
When sleeping at night, it is even more restless, in order not to let Li Jianen catch a cold, Wang Wanlan also often gets up to see if the child's quilt is covered, and wakes up several times a night. Such a long time of boiling, but also survived Wang Wanlan's god-shaped haggard.
Wang Wanlan's hands were full of calluses, the wrinkles on her face suddenly increased, and her waist gradually could not stand up; her husband could not look at it anymore, and returned from work at ten o'clock every day, and continued to go into the house to take care of the children.
The couple spent a lot of energy on this, but the two only hoped that the child would return to normal, and they would be happy.
Every time he saw a smile on Li Jian'en's face, Wang Wanlan would be happy from the heart, Li Jian'en's smile seemed particularly thick and simple, for him, it was difficult for him to feel sad, and he would not understand the good intentions of his parents.
Perhaps Wang Wanlan's care touched the heavens, and when Li Jian'en was 15 years old, a miracle happened. Li Jian'en could actually say something, he knew that he could call out to his father and mother, and he could also make a sound.
This was a great encouragement to Wang Wanlan! After seeing her son's reaction, Wang Wanlan shed tears of excitement, believing that as long as she relied on her own careful care, the child would be able to return to normal.
Take care of the children
The husband was also very excited after seeing the child's reaction, and he bought many nutritional products to supplement the child's body. The two rekindled hope at that moment, and they felt that the child had just started a little late and would soon return to normal.
At that time, some people in the neighbors would talk about Wang Wanlan's family, laughing at his mentally retarded child, Wang Wanlan was very unhappy after hearing the rumors, so he took his son out for a walk and also showed the neighbors.
Neighbors saw that Li Jian'en could walk independently, and even called his mother, they also felt incredible, they all thought that Wang Wanlan's love made God open his eyes, and they praised Wang Wanlan.
Since then, Wang Wanlan will often take the child out of the house, stand in the alley and the neighbor's house nagging, talking, nothing to go to drink afternoon tea together, let the child look at the outside scenery, but also be happy.
Unconsciously, Li Jian'en is already a big guy in his twenties, watching the neighbors talk about the marriage of their children, or holding a big fat grandson, Wang Wanlan also has some envy in her heart, so she has a bold idea: find a daughter-in-law for Li Jian'en.
Blows followed
After Wang Wanlan had this idea, she discussed this matter with her husband, and now the eldest son already has his own home, and will only come back to see him a few times a year; but the younger son is lonely and bitter, in case his parents die in the future, can the eldest brother take good care of him?
Therefore, Wang Wanlan decided to arrange a blind date for Li Jian'en, even if Li Jian'en had no fertility. As soon as this idea came out, it was criticized by neighbors, who said: "Your children are cumbersome enough now, who will follow them!" ”
Wang Wanlan did not believe the neighbor's statement, she felt that there must be good people in the world to take care of her son, so she entrusted everywhere to let people introduce their daughter-in-law.
The matchmaker did find some blind dates for her son, but every time the woman came to his house to see, the home was chaotic, and there was a peculiar smell, and then her mentally handicapped son would only smirk and refuse.
Polite people will politely refuse, and some girls with straightforward personalities will directly close the door and slam the door. After a series of blows, Wang Wanlan gradually recognized this reality: although her son was a treasure in her place, he was a burden in the eyes of others, and no one wanted to marry him.
At this time, Wang Wanlan was more than sixty years old, she could feel that she was physically and mentally exhausted, often dizzy and headache, went to the hospital for a check-up, only to find that she had heart disease and high blood pressure. Wang Wanlan realized that he probably didn't have much time left.
Just when Wang Wanlan was sad, fate once again gave her a blow: her son Li Jian'en was completely paralyzed!
One morning in 2001, Wang Wanlan called out to her son to get up, but found that the child could not get up, and could not even speak! It turned out to be Down syndrome trickery, once the patient is over thirty years old, there will be already symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, no matter how much recovery has been made before, this time it will return to the same place.
After Wang Wanlan heard this bad news, she cried again! Since then, Li Jian'en has only been bedridden all day, eating and feeding, and eating and drinking Lazar cannot be half a step away from the bed.
The husband was also retired at this time, and Wang Wanlan worked shifts every day, taking turns to take care of the children. Lying in bed for a long time, it is easy to get sores on the back, so you have to turn over many times a day, even sleeping at night.
Such a paralyzed child, let Wang Wanlan and his wife broken heart, every day when the medicine, looking at the wound on the child's back, Wang Wanlan could not help but cry!
But God's suffering and torture of this family has not stopped, and in 2013, when the eighty-year-old Wang Wanlan suffered another blow, the beloved husband of her life died! The husband and she took care of their son for decades, and finally the body was dragged down, taking a step first.
On the occasion of her husband's death, he shook Wang Wanlan's hand and said, "In this life, you and I have really suffered!" I'm sorry for you! In the future, you will have to take care of your children by yourself! He then died.
The whole family fell into great grief, Wang Wanlan while experiencing the pain of widowhood, but also to continue to take care of her son, she herself suffered from heart disease, from time to time will have a seizure, so that everything makes Wang Wanlan start to be afraid.
Wang Wanlan
She was afraid that one day she would be gone, what would her son do! Heaven gave her little time.
People around her gave her advice to send her son to the welfare home, but Wang Wanlan refused, because she had been to the welfare home for investigation, and she thought that the people there would not be as wholehearted as she was, and they would often turn over their son.
After the community neighborhood committee learned about Wang Wanlan's situation, it often sent nurses to come once every two weeks to help share her pressure. But these are just a drop in the bucket, Wang Wanlando wants to be able to sleep peacefully and enjoy the twilight years, but the conditions are really not allowed.
volunteer
Extremely sad, she gradually had a bold idea in her heart: to help her son to be liberated forever! But she didn't tell anyone, but secretly planned it.
Helpless to poison the parents and children
At the beginning of 2017, the community doctor found that Wang Wanlan had become a regular customer of the pharmacy, and she often reported to the doctor that she had insomnia all day and had unbearable headaches. After the doctor listened, combined with the fact that she had suffered from high blood pressure and other diseases before, he prescribed antihypertensive drugs.
Wang Wanlan said: "High blood pressure can be alleviated, mainly because I can't sleep, doctor, can you prescribe me some sleep-aiding drugs!" You see I've done it all. ”
sleeping pill
The doctor looked at the old man and felt sympathy, so he prescribed some sleeping pills. Later, Wang Wanlan often used this method to go to the doctor to ask for sleeping pills. In just five months, Wang Wanlan asked for 60 sleeping pills.
After getting sleeping pills, Wang Wanlan made up her mind! She wrote a letter in which she really thought: after her death, the child will have no one to treat; now her son is lying on the bed, every day with back sores, enduring all kinds of pain, she as a mother really can't bear to watch it, and decided to help her son get rid of it! She believed that her husband in heaven would understand what she was doing.
At two o'clock in the afternoon on May 9, 2017, Wang Wanlan cooked a bowl of porridge with honey and, of course, sixty sleeping pills. Wang Wanlan suppressed tears and let Li Jian'en drink it.
Wang Wanlan wrote a letter in person
After Li Jian'en drank the porridge, he fell into a deep sleep, and finally cried out for his life in his sleep!
After her son took the medicine, Wang Wanlan couldn't bear to see this scene, so she quickly hid outside the door and washed her face with tears! She didn't dare to see her son for the last time.
Soon after, she called her eldest son, told him the ins and outs of the incident, and then asked the eldest son to accompany her to the local police station to turn herself in.
After listening to the story, the police were a little overwhelmed, this was the first time they encountered the incident of the mother poisoning and killing the son, although the motive was good, but the killing was killing, and no one could change this.
court
Although the police understood her, the matter was too special, so they told the local court, which dealt with the matter. The media was keenly aware of the news and immediately broadcast it in the news media.
As soon as the truth of the matter came out, it caused a heated discussion in the society, everyone understood the choice made by the mother, and the neighbors also jointly wrote a letter after hearing about it, asking for Wang Wanlan's intercession.
The judge who presided over the case revealed to the media that the matter should be tried according to the normal procedures for killing people, but he will give a certain amount of tolerance to the reasons behind this.
On October 26 of that year, the local court pronounced a verdict on the case in accordance with the law, and after four examinations, the court held that Wang Wanlan "had a pitiful cause and a terrible feeling", although he killed someone, but the motive was out of a mother's love for her son and helped her son to relieve his pain.
Moreover, China's laws stipulate that offenders over the age of seventy can be given lighter punishments; in addition, many relatives, neighbors, and community workers at that time came to intercede, so the court finally decided to sentence Wang Wanlan to three years in prison and four years' probation.
In October 2021, Wang Wanlan again received good news: the court considered that Wang Wanlan was old and therefore no longer enforced her three-year sentence. Since then, the elderly can also enjoy their old age and live a normal life.
Today, Wang Wanlan lives with her eldest son, living a peaceful old age, recalling her behavior of poisoning and killing her own son, which is also emotional.
This is a mother's choice out of love for her son; a choice made to free her child from the sea of suffering. In the end, the judgment of the law also highlights the humanization of the law, making people feel both fairness and the warmth of the law.
We should also pay attention to children with this disease and their families, and believe that the system of welfare security institutions will become more and more perfect, bringing the gospel to these families!