The Paper's senior reporter Li Jing intern Duan Wenxin
Liu's father read the verdict to his daughter. The pictures in this article are taken by the surging news reporter Li Jing and intern Duan Wenxin
On the morning of July 30, the Shanghai Municipal First Intermediate People's Court pronounced a verdict in the Shanghai Municipal First Intermediate People's Court, where the defendant Yan Haojie was convicted of intentional homicide and arson, and was sentenced to death in the first instance and deprived of his political rights for life.
The mother of the victim, Liu Mou, told the surging news reporter that before each trial, she always "couldn't sleep for a few days and days", and now, she can finally give her daughter an explanation.
One person gambled, two families were broken
Liu's father introduced that Liu was a primary school teacher in Shanghai, Pingsu filial piety and well-behaved, and she and Yan Haojie were introduced by neighbors. Seeing the young man's spirit sunshine and living close to Liu's unit, Liu's parents felt that they could continue to chat.
This is Liu's first love affair. Ms. Zou, a friend of Liu's mother, said: "She usually listens to her mother's words, and her mother says it is good. "On January 1, 2020, the two sides held a wedding.
In the eyes of Liu's relatives and friends, the two have a good relationship and "never quarreled." A few days before the crime, Liu bought a box of strawberries, and Yan Haojie also washed the strawberries, called her baby, and personally fed them to her.
Ms. Zou said that this should have been a harmonious and happy marriage with the right door, "It is true that Yan Haojie is too scumbag, and his parents have not cultivated well." ”
No one would have thought that less than 3 months after their new marriage, a murder and arson case due to gambling and resentment directly destroyed the two families.
At about 8:00 a.m. on March 20, 2020, Yan Haojie entered the home of his father-in-law and mother-in-law, at that time, Liu's parents had gone out to work, and she was the only one left in the family. After Yan Haojie asked Liu for money to repay his gambling debts and was refused, he stabbed Liu in the neck three times in a row with a knife. After seeing Liu's death, Yan Haojie set fire to destroy the corpse. According to the appraisal of the judicial organs, Liu Mou was stabbed in the neck by a sharp object, causing the rupture of the left subclavian artery to die of heavy bleeding.
According to Liu's father, on the day of the crime, the neighbors first noticed that smoke was coming out of his home, and after calling the police, the fire truck arrived at the scene within half an hour. He rushed back in a hurry, at this time only the corridor could walk, "the doors are burning." He noticed that the security door in the home was open, but he and his wife would lock the door every day after going to work, and the key was only owned by him and his wife, daughter Liu, and son-in-law Yan Haojie.
Liu's father, draped in sheets that were sunburned outside, asked the neighbor to get wet with water, and wanted to rush into the house to find his daughter, but was stopped by firefighters. The dog "Sugar Sugar", which her daughter had raised for many years before her death, also ran in to save her master, and as a result, she was killed in the fire. After the fire was extinguished, police surveyed the scene and found that it was man-made arson.
"After the transcript came out, the neighbors all knew that it was he (Yan Haojie) who set the fire, and only we were still in the dark." They could not have imagined that their filial and obedient daughter had died under her husband's knife. Just a few days before the incident, Liu used a pregnancy test stick to find out that she had signs of pregnancy, and her mother promised her that when the epidemic situation improved, she would take her to the hospital for examination.
Yan Haojie's father's testimony shows that on the day of the crime, Yan Haojie returned home, his face was pale, and he trembled and said that he had killed his wife. Father Yan asked him how his wife was? He said he wasn't saved. Later, Yan's father persuaded him to turn himself in to the public security organs.
Liu's father said that Yan Haojie's family had never said anything about Yan Haojie's gambling bad deeds. "If I had known he would gamble, I wouldn't have married my daughter to him."
Liu's father still remembers that after the incident, his wife once went to Yan Haojie's home and wanted to get back what his daughter left behind, but Yan Haojie's family locked the door and dialed 110 to call the police. Until the trial, the defendant's relatives and friends never contacted her to apologize, and her WeChat phone number was blocked.
"Our greatest wealth is gone"
From the time of the case to the trial, a total of 497 days were experienced, and when it was heard that Yan Haojie was finally sentenced to death, Liu's aunt lost control of her emotions for a while and fell to the ground crying bitterly.
Holding the verdict in her hand, the victim's mother's mood could not be calmed for a long time, and she said with tears: "The murderer has finally been sentenced to death, and I have an account for my daughter." ”
Anxiously waiting at the door of the court, there is also Ms. Zhang, the parent of the student who Liu has taught. Recalling the interaction between Teacher Liu and the students, Ms. Zhang shed tears several times, she told the surging news reporter that Liu taught the chinese of the first and second grades of primary school, gentle and patient, and the relationship with the parents of the students was very good, regardless of whether the students' grades were good or bad.
On a spring trip, Teacher Liu took more than forty students alone, but he took good care of each one and bought tissues and snacks for the children. When waiting for the bus on the way back, she sat on a chair to rest, and several girls lovingly surrounded her: "Teacher Liu, is it okay for me to braid you?" ”
In Ms. Zhang's eyes, Teacher Liu is "like a sister" to her children.
On the afternoon of the day of the sentence, Liu's relatives and friends went to the cemetery to pay tribute, and the parents wanted to tell their daughter the results at the first time. Inside the trunk of the car, there are fruits, snacks and drinks that my daughter loved to eat before she died.
Liu's father burned a copy of the marriage certificate.
At the tomb, the father read the verdict to his daughter and burned the verdict along with a copy of the marriage certificate. They told their deceased daughter: "The marriage certificate helped you burn, and from now on, you will no longer have a relationship with this beast... Take care of yourself. ”
The photo on Liu's tombstone was taken by her for the induction of primary school. Liu's relative said: "This is her favorite photo. ”
Liu's parents tore open the packaging of their daughter's favorite snacks one by one and placed them in front of the tomb, and put two copies of each one, which also sacrificed the small life in their daughter's belly.
"She had promised to take me on a trip during the summer vacation." Liu's mother said that on weekends, her daughter would take herself to the movies and buy clothes, and the clothes she chose for herself were all burned in the fire. After the incident, the clothes on Liu's mother were temporarily made up for her by several sisters.
Liu's parents spoke to their daughter in front of the tomb.
When sorting out the relics, Liu's mother found a school teaching CD that recorded her daughter's appearance in class. Liu's mother put it on the nightstand and often turned it out to see.
"She used to kiss me when she walked in the door, but now who kisses me?" Liu's mother said that her peers had children and grandchildren to provide for the elderly, but she was "daughter who was also killed by him, and the house was burned by him." As for the days to come, "only two old men depend on each other for their lives." ”
In the fire, most of Liu's belongings were burned, leaving his parents with almost only photos and chat records in their mobile phones. Today, Liu's mother's mobile phone lock screen is still a photo of her daughter, and before the trial, she also sent a message to her daughter's previous WeChat, telling her that the verdict was coming out.
Liu's father told the surging news reporter that at present, they are not considering civil litigation, and the only appeal is Yan Haojie's death sentence. "Our greatest wealth is gone, so what's the use of asking for money?"
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