In 2011, a 17-year-old girl in Sichuan was kidnapped while guiding passers-by and imprisoned in a dungeon with ten pounds of chains on her hands and feet, and lived an inhuman life for 158 days.
After waiting for the police to free her from the dungeon, she said nothing about what happened in the dungeon, and the kidnapper, when confronted by the police, said: "All this was her own will!" ”
01. The mysterious disappearance of the girl
Xiaohong is a native of Renshou County, Meishan City, Sichuan Province.
Renshou County, Meishan City, Sichuan Province
Although the family is not rich, she has always been a good child in the eyes of her parents, from small to large, Xiaohong will report to her parents wherever she goes, and her parents are extremely reassuring to their daughters.
In this way, Xiaohong grew up healthy and happy until the age of 17, until one day in April 2011, her life trajectory changed.
Little Red Parents
On the eve of the Qingming Festival, Xiaohong made an appointment with four classmates to go to Tianren Park to play, but Xiaohong's classmates left and right were never seen.
Tenjin Park, Renshou County
A classmate dialed Xiaohong's phone to inquire about the situation, and the classmate only listened to Xiaohong say on the other end of the phone: "I met a funny thing, I will tell you later." ”
Xiaohong listened to this and could only continue to wait. A little time passed, seeing that it was late, never waited for the arrival of Xiaohong, just like this, the 17-year-old girl mysteriously disappeared before the Qingming Festival.
Little Red
The students who sensed something was wrong immediately called Xiaohong's parents to explain the situation.
After Xiaohong's parents heard the words of their daughter's classmates, they also dialed the phone for the first time, but the daughter's mobile phone showed a "shutdown" state, and their first reaction was: it may be that the daughter's mobile phone is out of battery, and there should be no accident.
But the next phone call made them dumbfounded.
After Xiaohong disappeared, time passed day by day, and Xiaohong's parents also spent it in torment.
On April 25, 2011, the 20th day after Xiaohong disappeared, a strange mobile phone number called Xiaohong's father's mobile phone: "Hey, Su Zhifang?" Your daughter is in my hands now, and I want seventy thousand dollars! ”
After Su Zhifang heard the other party's words, his heart was both happy and afraid, happy because he finally had the news of his daughter, afraid that it was because her daughter had been kidnapped by bad people, and now the situation was very dangerous.
The kidnappers recorded their first call with Xiaohong's father
After hanging up the phone, Su Zhifang came to the Renshou County North Police Station for the first time to call the police. Soon the police found out that the strange phone number was called from Chengdu.
The police also had a brief communication with Su Zhifang, probably understanding Xiaohong's information and recent situation, and then, they were ready to dial the kidnapper's phone again to see if they could put out useful information, when they found that the kidnapper's mobile phone was turned off.
Seeing the situation, I had no choice but to wait for the kidnapper to call again, so as to find out where the kidnapper was?
Renshou County Public Security Bureau
But as the days passed, the kidnapper never contacted Xiaohong's father until the 37th day of Xiaohong's disappearance, and the kidnapper's second phone call came.
The kidnapper said on the phone: "You bring the money to the designated place I said, everything is fine, and you don't think that we are so stupid as to take people to that place." ”
Su Zhifang could not rest assured of his daughter's safety, and said worriedly: "I will give you the money, I can't see my daughter, what should I do?" ”
The kidnapper and Xiaohong's father recorded a second call
But before Su Zhifang could say a few words, the kidnappers hung up the phone after explaining the matter.
However, this time, according to the satellite positioning system, the police learned that the location of the kidnapper's call was in Jianyang this time. In this way, the kidnapper disappeared for many days, until May 23, the kidnapper saw that Xiaohong's father had not yet brought the money to the designated location, so he sent a text message.
Text messages from the kidnappers
The content of the text message is: you go to Renshouluo Banqiao to refuel 100 meters to the city, turn left to the intersection of Tongda Group and cross the 50-meter bad road, and then take your daughter's things under the third broken tree on the left side of the new road.
After Su Zhifang saw the kidnapper's text message, he went to the location said by the kidnapper at the first time, and he found a USB stick at the designated place.
After getting the items said by the kidnappers, the father took the USB stick to the police station for the first time, and the information on the U disk was a video of his daughter.
In the video, Xiaohong is wearing a white shirt with her hair scattered and crying: "Dad, you don't cooperate with the police anymore, you give them money, Xiaohong wants to go home." ”
The video lasted for one minute, and Xiaohong repeatedly stressed in the video that she let her father give the kidnappers money quickly and wanted to go home early, such a plea made Su Zhifang and his wife extremely distressed, and at the same time made them worry.
The reason why Su Zhifang did not give the kidnappers ransom for a long time was not that they were reluctant to pay money, but that they were afraid that after the kidnappers got the money, their daughter's safety would be no longer guaranteed, and they were also tormented in their hearts in the face of this dilemma.
Meanwhile, a second video of the kidnappers was delivered.
02. Find the kidnappers' horses' feet
In this video, Xiaohong is tied by a hemp rope, and her hair is pulled by the kidnappers, which is painful. On closer inspection, Xiaohong's clothes had been changed, and the two buttons on her chest were not tied.
Xiaohong (second video)
The police carefully observed the two videos and saw that Xiaohong's space was very dark, and the lighting was very similar to the incandescent light bulbs used in the countryside, and the method of kidnapping the kidnappers was also very professional.
If Xiaohong broke free of the rope, the tighter the rope that bound her, the neck was strangled, and the rope was so thick that it could not be found in the city.
In the end, the police concluded: first, Xiaohong was hidden in a closed room; second, there was at least one male among the kidnappers, and the height was not high in terms of body shape; third, from the analysis of the video sound, the place where Xiaohong was hidden was very quiet, without any noise.
Therefore, it is inferred that the place where Xiaohong was hidden was not in the downtown area, so where did the kidnappers hide Xiaohong?
The police watched the two videos repeatedly and finally found a clue.
Renshou County policeman Song Bayi said: "Before the first video of Xiaohong, there was a one-second video that was not cut, and we saw the surrounding environment, but it was not clear. ”
It is this picture of less than a second that has become the key clue for the police to solve the case.
According to the location of the kidnappers and Su Zhifang' contact, the police found that the kidnappers had appeared in seven prefectures, including Chengdu, Ziyang, Jianyang, Meishan, Suining, and Nanchong.
Subsequently, the police summoned the intercepted footage to the police in seven cities, trying to solve the case as soon as possible and reunite Xiaohong's family.
The people's police will always stand up when the people are in trouble, and this time the kidnapping case is no exception, and soon, the Ziyang police came to the news.
Police officer of Ziyang Public Security Bureau
After the Ziyang police got the interrogation footage of the Renshou police, they recognized the environment of the picture in that second, which was very similar to the environment in front of a villager's home in Huoguang Village, Nanjin Town, Yanjiang District, Ziyang City.
According to the police investigation, the villager's name is Zhao Pingang, his house is a small two-story Western-style building, standing alone next to the highway, there is a small courtyard dam in front of the door, and this scene is similar to the one-second picture taken by the police, the similarity is as high as 99.99%.
And most importantly, Zhao Pingang's small Western-style building was newly built last year, and the villagers know it, and when he built this small Western-style building, he also built a strange basement!
Through visiting and investigating, police officer Peng Yanhao learned: When he was repairing the house, the villagers asked him, what do you do when you repair the basement? Zhao Pingang's reply to people was to raise dogs.
But everyone knows that dogs in the countryside are used to watch the door, so why did Zhao Pingang's dog go to the basement?
The police realized that the basement must have an ulterior secret, so they decided to go to the basement.
On September 9, 2011, Renshou police and Ziyang police came to Zhao Pingang's house together, and in the garage of Zhao Pingang's house, they found an iron cabinet about two meters high, clinging to the wall, as if to cover something.
Then the police removed the iron cabinet and found that there was an anti-theft door behind it, and after the anti-theft door was opened, a dozen pounds of iron plates appeared on the ground.
It is difficult not to doubt such abnormal measures. When the police opened the iron plate, the scene that came into view made people dumbfounded.
03. See the light of day again
After the police found the iron cabinet, they immediately subdued Zhao Pingang and his wife, and when they saw that the stranger in front of them was a policeman, their faces looked very calm, until the police removed the iron cabinet and leaked out the iron plate, and their faces leaked panic.
After the iron plate was removed by the police, a girl appeared in the basement, and the police identified and found that the girl was Xiaohong, who had been missing for 158 days.
However, when Xiaohong saw the stranger's arrival, she was crying with a headache, as if she had been greatly stimulated before, and at the same time, Xiaohong cried and shouted, "Don't kill me!" ”
While carrying out rescue, the police said to soothe Xiaohong's emotions: "We are the police, don't be afraid, we will not hurt you, we are here to save you." ”
However, when Xiaohong saw the arrival of the police, she did not let down her guard, but cried and shouted: "I want Daddy, I want Daddy." ”
Little Red in the Dungeon
When the police went down to the basement, they found that it was a small room of less than 10 square meters, which was neither ventilated nor breathable, dark and damp, and the basement was built with toilets, stoves, and a bed.
Xiaohong was wearing pajamas, curled up on the bed, and her right foot was tied to a chain weighing tens of kilograms, the iron chain was about two meters long, and the other end was tied to an iron ring weighing dozens of pounds.
"We are from the Renshou Public Security Bureau, we will take you home!" The police opened their mouths to try to soothe Xiaohong's long-term abused heart, but Xiaohong heard the police's words and remained unmoved, shouting in her mouth: "I don't want, I don't want, I want my father to come." ”
Seeing this, the police can only unlock Xiaohong's shackles first, and notify Xiaohong's parents to come as soon as possible. It's hard to imagine what kind of inhuman abuse this 17-year-old girl has suffered during these 158 days of captivity.
In order to calm Xiaohong's mood, the police proposed: first let Xiaohong talk to her parents on the phone, and this method was also agreed by Xiaohong.
Then the police immediately dialed Su Zhifang's phone: "Hey, found someone, now the little girl is in a very bad mood, maybe you need to come over." ”
After Xiaohong finished talking to her father on the phone, her long-term frightened mood finally calmed down. When she heard the police say the bad guys had been caught, the words she said in her mouth, "I want Daddy," became "Did you catch them?" ”
Seeing the police nod their heads, Xiaohong cried out again and said, "So they don't hurt others!" ”
It can be seen from this that the kidnappers are hateful, and Xiaohong must have suffered inhuman abuse.
When the police tried to help Xiaohong untie the iron rope on her foot, the crowd found that the iron cable had been rusting for a long time, and the medicine spoon could not be opened at all. Seeing this, the police can only use the wire breaking tongs to cut the iron cable.
Subsequently, the police found a large pliers nearly a meter long, and then cut the iron cable that locked Xiaohong for 158 days, and she finally gained the long-lost freedom.
Xiaohong was rescued and sent to the nearby Nanjin Town Hospital in Ziyang City at the first time by 120 ambulance.
Ziyang People's Hospital
At nine o'clock that night, Xiaohong's parents rushed to Ziyang, and the family of three was finally reunited again, Xiaohong hugged her mother, and said "I'm sorry" over and over again in her mouth, and the scene made people cry involuntarily.
However, Xiaohong was successfully rescued and could return to the warm home with her parents again, but the stone that pressed on the heart of the police never fell.
Why did Zhao Pingang kidnap Xiaohong? Why build a basement in your home? The foot cuffs, chains, and iron cables in the basement are all available, what kind of person is this Zhao Pingang?
Zhao Pingang and his wife
On the third day that Xiaohong was rescued, Xiaohong's parents made a special trip to the Renshou County North Police Station to thank the police for their help. Who could have imagined that a 17-year-old girl would be able to return home 158 days after being kidnapped, and as their parents, their gratitude could not be expressed in words.
But what worries everyone is that when everyone is happy, Xiaohong sits on the side, never says a word, goes home for several days, and does not communicate with anyone.
Xiaohong's silence made everyone both worried and worried, 158 days of dungeon life, no freedom, no daylight, can not eat normal meals, can not breathe fresh air, feet tied dozens of pounds of iron chains, hands still rely on handcuffs, this kind of destruction can be imagined.
What makes people more worried is that after being rescued for more than ten days, why has Xiaohong not spoken? Is there some other invisible crime hidden behind these visible cruelties?
On the day Xiaohong was rescued, Zhao Pingang was escorted to the Renshou County Detention Center. In the process of interrogation, the police learned the reason why Zhao Pingang kidnapped Xiaohong.
04. Kidnapping for the sake of repayment
Zhao Pingang, a tow driver at a bus company in Chengdu whose monthly salary is three or four thousand, replied calmly when asked why he kidnapped Xiaohong:
"The kidnapping of her is only because she just renovated the house, owes 50,000 or 60,000 yuan in debt, the most important thing is that the debt time is a bit short, and she plans to pay back the money at the end of the year, so she has some ideas of taking shortcuts."
Zhao Pingang's abduction of Xiaohong's statement seems reasonable and well-founded, but in fact, it is full of loopholes.
Because when the police rescued Xiaohong, they clearly saw that Zhao Pingang's home was decorated gorgeously, and the furniture was not cheap, which was in stark contrast to Xiaohong's dilapidated and poor home.
So how could this Zhao Pingang, who seemed to have a relatively solid family, kidnap the impoverished Xiaohong?
Under the interrogation of the police, Zhao Pingang said the whole process of his crime:
"I kidnapped her purely by accident, we were driving to Renshou by a family of three at the time, but got lost in the middle of the road, and my wife Li Min saw Xiaohong on the side of the road.
So we went up and asked for directions, and because she happened to be on the way, she sat in my co-pilot, and then I had the idea of kidnapping. ”
Zhao Pingang
When Zhao Pin just said these words, he seemed to be understated, and said that getting on the car was Xiaohong's willingness, and it was also Xiaohong's willingness to go with them, and even to handcuff Xiaohong and take videos was also Xiaohong's voluntary.
But Xiaohong is a 17-year-old girl with normal thinking, with the judgment ability of normal people, which normal girl will voluntarily be kidnapped by others?
A month after Xiaohong was freed, under the patient guidance of the police, Xiaohong told the story of what happened in 158 days, and the truth was completely different from zhao Pingang.
Xiaohong always couldn't help but have a headache at the beginning of her nightmares, but in order to provide punishment for the kidnappers, she bravely told the story of her murder:
"When Zhao Pin first found me, they said that they had been lost here for a long time, and after a long time, I softened my heart as soon as I heard it, so I pointed out the aspects for them, and because of the reason of the way, under their repeated invitations, I got into their car."
When Xiaohong just got into Zhao Pingang's car, he also answered a call from his classmates, but as soon as he left the city, he snatched Xiaohong's mobile phone, and his wife covered Xiaohong's head with clothes.
Seeing this, Xiaohong immediately struggled and said to Li Min, "Why are you so cruel to me, why are you doing this to me?" I don't have any money at home either! ”
And Li Min did not have a soft heart in the face of Xiaohong's bitter pleading, "why should a woman be embarrassed by a woman", when they embark on the road of crime, they are doomed to be severely punished by the law.
After Xiaohong was imprisoned in the dungeon of Zhao Pingang's family, not only was her hands and feet chained, but she often faced the situation of not having food, as little as a week, as much as a month.
And Xiaohong can only carry a few pounds of handcuffs and leg shackles, but also need to cook by herself, whenever there is no food to eat, Xiaohong remembers the salt water that people usually lose when they are sick, and she drinks salt and water in order to save her life.
In addition to being physically tortured, Xiaohong said that Zhao Pingang's heart was extremely twisted, and said that he kidnapped himself for another major reason.
Zhao Pin was just interrogated by the police
05. Justice will not be late
It turned out that Zhao Pingang's wish when he was young was to be admitted to the police academy and fight to protect the safety of the people, but because his height was not up to standard, he failed to realize his wish.
This also made his heart become twisted, thinking that the police were very hateful, that is, to fight against the police.
When Zhao Pinggang faced the interrogation of the police, he also said: "I think I still treat her very well, if I say that I am closed, a person alone for so long, it is definitely necessary to have some mental stimulation and some stimulation, and this kind of recovery should also be very fast." ”
Zhao Pingang's remarks can be described as "shameless", he does not know what he has done, for a seventeen-year-old girl, this insult and torture is likely to accompany her for the rest of her life.
Now Zhao Pingang and Li Min are suspected of kidnapping and criminally detained by the police, and there are only two elderly people left in the family to take care of a child who has just turned five.
158 days of inhuman torture, such injuries in Xiaohong's heart, leaving indelible scars, but fortunately the public security organs cracked the case in time, Xiaohong was finally successfully rescued.
We sincerely hope that Xiaohong can get out of the psychological influence as soon as possible and embrace a new life.
At the same time, the mainland's criminal law stipulates that kidnapping others for the purpose of extorting property, or kidnapping others as hostages, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years, or life imprisonment.
At the same time, we also take this incident as a warning, and remember to protect ourselves when helping strangers.
Source: Documentary in the Film