On August 18, 1993, in a high-class neighborhood in Los Angeles, a man over half a hundred years old was waiting outside a house.
The weather in Los Angeles in August was still very hot, which also made the man sweat profusely, and waited until sunset, and it seemed that he could not wait.
The man tried to push down the door, but unexpectedly, the door was unlocked, so he strode in, and the dark man in the room turned on the electric light in the room.
At this moment, he suddenly found that on the sofa facing the door, there was a young woman lying on the ground, and the ground was already soaked with blood!
The man did not have time to check on the woman, and rushed straight to the house, and then a miserable cry sounded, and it turned out that a five-month-old baby in the house was blue in the face and had already lost his breath.
Soon the horrific murder shocked the local police, who dispatched a large number of police forces to block the area and arrest the man.
So what is the truth of this murder? Is this man the real culprit in this case? And behind all this, what a bitter past there is.
Let's delve into the process of this murder and understand the truth of this case, which is known as the "Chinese version of Simpson"!
In 1990, The policy of reform and opening up of New China has been implemented for more than twenty years, and New China's economic construction has also achieved fruitful results.
With the deepening of the reform of New China, the huge mainland market also attracted more and more overseas investment, and at that stage, the dominant investment was still dominated by businessmen from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and other places.
They are closer to Chinese mainland, and because of their cultural identity, these Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan businessmen are more likely to be accepted by the local government.
Peng Zengji, the largest owner of electronic communication equipment in Taiwan at that time, after the implementation of reform and opening up in New China, Peng Zengji decided that the mainland's economy would definitely take off in the future, so he came to the inland to invest.
In 1990, Peng Zengji came to Qingdao, Shandong Province, because he wanted to negotiate a business, where Peng Zengji was arranged to stay in a large hotel called "Dynasty".
Life in the hotel is always very boring, Peng Zengji is no exception, so in his leisure time, Peng Zengji likes to chat with the hotel's public relations manager, and this public relations manager is named Ji Ranbing.
Born in October 1967, Ji Ranbing is a native of Qingdao, Shandong Province, graduated from the Department of Chemistry of Qingdao Ocean University, and especially loved some cultural and sports sports during his school years.
Ji Ranbing is beautiful in appearance, because he has received higher education, his spoken English is extremely smooth, and he usually talks with Peng Zengji in a conversation with Peng Zengji, which is also very insightful.
In addition, Ji Ranbing likes sports, so his figure is also very good, and his personality is also very cheerful, and he quickly became acquainted with Peng Zengji.
It was also during this time that the relationship between the two became more and more ambiguous, and gradually Peng Zengji found that he seemed to like this Shandong girl.
However, as soon as he thought that he was married, Peng Zengji temporarily resisted the desire in his heart, and when the business was negotiated, Peng Zengji was ready to return to Taiwan.
So he said goodbye to Ji Ranbing, but at this time, for unknown reasons, Peng Zengji actually asked Ji Ranbing for contact information, and Ji Ranbing also gave Peng Zengji his own phone number.
After getting Ji Ranbing's contact number, Peng Zengji happily went on the road, and when Peng Zengji returned to Taiwan, the longing in his heart could no longer be contained.
He picked up the phone at home, dialed out according to the number left by Ji Ranbing, and after a busy noise, the opposite side was connected, so Peng Zengji made contact with Ji Ranbing again.
At first, for her husband's behavior of calling all day, his wife Lin Liyun did not care, because she thought that her husband was talking about business, so she did not pay much attention to it at all.
But as the months passed, when Lin Liyun checked the phone bill at home, he was startled by the bill in front of him.
Because the mainland and Taiwan had not yet realized the "three links" at that time, whether it was from the mainland to Taiwan or from Taiwan to the mainland, it was necessary to transfer, which also made the telephone cost between the two places extremely high.
In the connection between Peng Zengji and Ji Ranbing, most of them were played by Peng Zengji, so most of the cost was borne by Peng Zengji's side.
When his wife Lin Liyun looked at the bills of the recent months, she was surprised to find that her own bills had increased significantly compared with before.
So Lin Liyun went to the local communications department in Taiwan to inquire about this matter, is there something wrong with your system? In response, the local communications department said that there was no problem with the bill.
Now Lin Liyun doesn't understand, since you are not wrong, then why has my family's bill increased so much? So Lin Liyun continued to ask, where does the phone bill appear?
The other party replied that this is because your family has called the mainland too many times and very frequently, and when he heard this reply, Lin Liyun understood in his heart that this was the reason for her husband.
In fact, all this way up to this, Lin Liyun had already begun to suspect her husband in her heart, and she suspected that her husband was not talking about business, but chatting with his lover!
So Lin Liyun further asked the other party, trying to find out who her husband called every time. What is that number? Can you offer it to yourself?
After hearing Lin Liyun's request, the other party said wait, and then reported the number to Lin Liyun, and then Lin Liyun continued to ask, can you find out where this is the phone?
In this regard, the other party replied that he could not be sure for the time being, and after getting this reply, Lin Liyun thanked him and then hung up the phone.
After hanging up the phone, Lin Liyun fell silent, in fact, until now, she had probably guessed who the phone number was, or where it was located.
Combined with the time period when the bill appeared unusual, Lin Liyun easily determined that the other party should be somewhere in Qingdao, Shandong, because during that time, her husband had only been there because he wanted to negotiate a business.
After some speculation, Lin Liyun went straight to her husband and began to question whether she was out to raise a lover? Looking for a little three?
At first, Peng Zengji did not admit it, until Lin Liyun took out the phone bill, Peng Zengji confessed that he did know a mainland girl and liked her.
Peng Zengji's words made Lin Liyun feel unusually annoyed, but he had no choice in his heart, because in that era, it was a very common situation for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan businessmen to find Xiaosan after coming to the mainland to invest.
Although he was both angry and helpless in his heart, Lin Liyun did not intend to give up like this, because the foundation of Lin Liyun's marriage with Peng Zengji was still relatively solid.
The two people met at the end of the year, and after getting married, they worked together for the cause, which laid a "Jiangshan" and became the boss of Taiwan's largest communications and electronic equipment company.
That is to say, the feelings of the two people are still relatively strong, so after Lin Liyun sent a fire to Peng Zengji, he asked Peng Zengji to immediately make a break with Ji Ranbing.
In the face of his wife's strength, Peng Zengji was also forced to agree to this request, promising that he would never look for Ji Ranbing again in the future, but was this really the case?
Ever since Lin Liyun learned that her husband had an affair, he had been strictly guarding against him, which made Peng Zengji feel depressed and at the same time, he also had a fire in his heart.
Soon Peng Zengji once again left Taiwan on the pretext of going to the mainland to discuss business, and Lin Liyun knew exactly why Peng Zengji went to the mainland this time.
In fact, she deliberately did this, because Lin Liyun knew in her heart that if there was no public accusation, Peng Zengji would not have broken up with Ji Ranbing at all.
Sure enough, after Peng Zengji came to the mainland again, he went straight to the Qingdao Dynasty Hotel and once again made contact with Ji Ranbing, and the two sides also established a lover relationship.
However, what neither Peng Zengji nor Ji Ranbing expected was that his wife Lin Liyun actually followed him and came to the Qingdao Dynasty Hotel.
The two people who were kissing me in the hotel were caught by Lin Liyun, and that day there was a lot of commotion, and Lin Liyun publicly scolded Ji Ranbing as a third party.
And Peng Zengji hid aside and did not dare to show his face, Ji Ranbing was also scolded to be self-conscious, until Lin Liyun scolded and could not move, pulled Peng Zengji out of the hotel, leaving Ji Ranbing alone in the same place.
Obviously, Lin Liyun's move this time has achieved great results, Peng Zengji has been honest for a long time, but Lin Liyun ignored one point, that is, the more fiercely he rebounded.
Sure enough, not long after this incident, Peng Zengji resumed contact with Ji Ranbing again, and this time Peng Zengji's actions became more public.
Peng Zengji's actions were soon known to Lin Liyun, but at this time, Lin Liyun finally understood that her husband's heart was no longer here.
For this reason, Lin Liyun cried sadly for a long time, but for the sake of several children Lin Liyun finally chose to acquiesce, as long as Peng Zengji's approach was not so obvious, Lin Liyun would also go with the flow.
But is this really the case? As Peng Zengji and Ji Ranbing resumed contact, the behavior of the two became more and more publicized, and Ji Ranbing later resigned as the hotel's public relations manager.
The reason is that Peng Zengji hopes that she can come to Shanghai, and also promised that in a company he started in Shanghai, Ji Ranbing can serve as a branch manager.
But in fact, this is just an excuse, because after Ji Ranbing came to Shanghai, the door of the branch did not step into a step, and he stayed with Peng Zengji all day.
On the other hand, lin Liyun learned that Peng Zengji and Ji Ranbing were more and more excessive, and the anger in her heart was ignited again, so she once again found Peng Zengji and had a big fight with him.
The outcome of the quarrel was obviously not very good, and it could even be said to be very bad, because Peng Zengji went to Shanghai again after the quarrel.
The husband's behavior made Lin Liyun completely dead, and since then, the contradiction between the two people has become more and more large, and there will often be fierce conflicts because of a trivial matter.
According to Lin Liyun's later account, once her husband Peng Zengji returned home in Taiwan, he actually found a shirt printed with Ji Ranbing lipstick in his carry-on luggage, which made the two quarrel again.
At the same time, with the passage of time, Peng Zengji's lover relationship with Ji Ranbing has also been learned by more and more people, especially in the Shanghai branch.
The branch employees knew about the intricate relationship between the three people, but because Mr. Lin had been in Taiwan for many years, he rarely went out.
As a result, the factory or company that Peng Zengji opened in the mainland began to focus on Ji Ranbing behind his back, because they believed that Peng Zengji would divorce Lin Liyun sooner or later.
This also made Lin Liyun feel that his position was becoming more and more insecure, so Lin Liyun came to Shanghai again, but this time the trip to Shanghai was completely a demonstration.
However, what Lin Liyun did not expect was that although he came to Shanghai, the effect of the demonstration was not very obvious, and the biggest reason was that Ji Ranbing was pregnant.
The news of Ji Ranbing's pregnancy caught Lin Liyun off guard, but it was too late at this time, because Peng Zengji had already taken a step ahead and sent Ji Ranbing to the United States.
Lin Liyun quarreled with Peng Zengji again, and at the same time, Lin Liyun also found a lot of clothes belonging to Ji Ranbing in Peng Zengji's residence, and the price was not cheap.
In the face of Peng Zengji's behavior, Lin Liyun finally chose to leave in disgrace and returned to Taiwan alone, and the rift between the two people could not be repaired.
The time was spent during the "Cold War" period between the two, and Ji Ranbing also gave birth to a son for Peng Zengji during this time, and Peng Zengji, who had an elderly son, was very happy in his heart, so he named this son Qiwei, but the child followed the mother's surname and full name was Ji Qiwei.
Later, he also bought a property for Ji Ranbing's mother and son in Los Angeles, and also hired a private nanny to take care of the living of the two, while Peng Zengji himself often came here to meet with Ji Ranbing's mother and son.
At this point, Peng Zengji and Lin Liyun were already separated in fact, because when Ji Ranbing returned home from production in the later period, Peng Zengji also openly lived in the house purchased for Ji Ranbing.
In the face of her husband's departure, although his wife Lin Liyun was unwilling, she was helpless, seeing that her husband was unwilling to come back from staying in the United States, and his wife Lin Liyun also flew to the United States on the pretext of flying to the United States, but this made Lin Liyun feel more and more sad.
Because Lin Liyun found that the property that her husband had purchased for Ji Ranbing was only five kilometers away from where he lived!
But these five kilometers seem to be a "chasm" that can never be crossed, and every day Lin Liyun can see that her husband takes Ji Ranbing's mother and son out to hang out, as if they are a family.
For her husband's resentment, Ji Ranbing's mother's and son's hatred, and all kinds of emotions, Lin Liyun could no longer resist the anger in her heart, so she made an impulsive decision.
The time came to August 18, 1993, the weather in Los Angeles was still relatively hot, and Peng Zengji had just finished his work outside and flew to the United States again to prepare to go to Ji Ranbing.
However, when Peng Zengji braved the scorching heat and traveled thousands of miles to the community where Ji Ranbing lived, he found that no one came to open the door, and unfortunately, peng Zengji, the key to the house, was not carried with him.
So Peng Zengji had to go to the community security office and ask the security guard for help, Peng Zengji claimed to be the husband of the owner of the family, but because the key was not brought, he could not get in, and asked if the security guard could help him open the door.
However, after the security guard inquired about the community's visiting information, he found that Peng Zengji's information had not been registered, so he refused.
In desperation, Peng Zengji had to take a convenience note from the security guard, which read, "Ran Bing, I have arrived, and I saw the convenience note coming to the security office at the door to find me." Then he placed the note under the crack in the door.
After that, Peng Zengji went to the security room to rest, but with the passage of time, Ji Ranbing did not appear until the afternoon, which made Peng Zengji feel a little impatient in his heart.
So he left the security room and walked to Ji Ranbing's residence, but when he arrived at the residence, he found that his note was still in place and did not move.
This made Peng Zengji feel both anxious and angry in his heart, where did Ji Ranbing go? No way, Peng Zengji sat on the stairs at the door and prepared to wait for Ji Ranbing to come home.
But until the sun went down, he didn't see Ji Ranbing's figure, which made Peng Zengji wonder in his heart, why was it that it was dark and Ji Ranbing didn't go home?
So he got up from the stairs and came to the door again, but at this moment, not knowing for what reason, Peng Zengji accidentally touched the door, and the door slowly moved inside.
At this time, Peng Zengji found that the door was not locked! This discovery made Peng Zengji even more confused, the door was not locked, that means that there should be someone at home, but why did he knock on the door and no one responded?
So Peng Zengji pushed open the door and walked in, at this time, because it was dark, so the house could not be seen clearly, Peng Zengji turned on the electric light switch located at the door.
However, when Peng Zengji turned on the light and saw the scene in front of him, he was immediately frightened, on the sofa in the living room, Ji Ranbing's left chest was already soaked with blood, and the floor was full of blood!
After being stunned for a moment, Peng Zengji did not go forward to investigate, but rushed into the inner chamber, because he knew that his son Ji Qiwei, who had just been five months old, was here.
But at this time, it was too late to say anything, Ji Qiwei's face was iron blue, he had long lost his breath, and the mother and son died tragically on the spot, and this blow made Peng Zengji almost paralyzed on the ground.
Then Peng Zengji rushed out of the house, knocked the neighbor's door, claimed that his wife and children had been killed, and asked the neighbor to call the police!
After hearing the news, the neighbor did not dare to delay immediately dialing the police, and soon the Los Angeles Orange County police came to the scene.
They sealed off the scene as soon as they arrived, and then the accompanying forensic doctor entered the scene to investigate, and after the forensic investigation.
The deceased, Ji Ranbing, was stabbed eighteen times in the chest, causing blood to flow more than to die on the spot; another deceased, five-month-old Ji Qiwei, died of suffocation.
This tragic scene made the police at the scene feel extremely angry, especially the death of the baby, which made the police angry.
Subsequently, the police first investigated the police, who claimed that he was completely unaware of it, but that someone had asked for help, so he called.
This statement was temporarily adopted by the police, because until now, everyone has been suspected, and then the police have launched a key investigation into the helper, Peng Zengji, who claims to be the husband of the deceased.
Because the police officers who investigated the scene found the note left by Peng Zengji, they asked who Peng Zengji was? What is the relationship with the deceased? Why is it here?
And Peng Zengji also replied to the questions raised by the police one by one, and under the questioning of the police, Peng Zengji did not hide the fact that he took care of Ji Ranbing.
Because Peng Zengji also knew that this matter could not be hidden, and the police also contacted the Chinese Embassy in the local area according to the contact information provided by Peng Zengji at this time, and informed the murder case, hoping that the embassy could contact Ji Ranbing's family in China.
At the same time, Peng Zengji also said that he was willing to bear all the costs of Ji Ranbing's family's return to the United States, and soon Ji Ranbing's parents and a sister came to Los Angeles.
Seeing his daughter who died tragically, and his grandson who died together without knowing it, the old man's mood can be imagined.
So they asked Peng Zengji how he met his daughter Ji Ranbing. When did you bring Ji Ranbing to the United States?
Hearing the old man's question, Peng Zengji also made an answer, and finally Peng Zengji proposed that he handle Ji Ranbing's funeral first, and he was willing to bear all the related expenses.
But this perfunctory attitude of rushing to do things angered the old man, and the daughter's bones were not cold, and even if the murderer was not found out, he was anxious to be cremated to handle the aftermath?
Therefore, the old man immediately rejected Peng Zengji's proposal, and at the same time pointed at Peng Zengji and scolded angrily, believing that this was an extremely irresponsible attitude!
Peng Zengji was dumbfounded, and then left the police station, because he had preliminarily proved that he had nothing to do with the murder, the police department had no right to continue to detain, and the lawyer hired by Peng Zengji also came.
With the help of a lawyer, Peng Zengji walked out of the police station the next day, but the police always had deep suspicions about him.
In order to solve the case as soon as possible, the police began to investigate the residents three kilometers near the residence, as well as the relationship between Ji Ranbing and Peng Zengji.
So the police got a clue, that is, Lin Liyun, Peng Zengji's original match, came to Los Angeles three days earlier than Peng Zengji, and the residence was only five kilometers away from the place where Ji Ranbing died!
Considering the complicated relationship between the three, the police initially believed that perhaps Lin Liyun was retaliating against the murder, so they found Lin Liyun for questioning.
But the effect was not very obvious, because Lin Liyun did not say much from beginning to end, and Peng Zengji did not seem to believe that Lin Liyun had killed Ji Ranbing.
Then, with the assistance of a lawyer, Lin Liyun left the police station, and just when the case encountered a "bottleneck", a good news came over.
When the forensic doctor carefully examined the scene and Ji Ranbing's body, the forensic doctor found that there was a bruise on the left arm of the deceased Ji Ranbing, and the preliminary judgment was that someone had bitten it.
In further examinations, the forensic doctor also found that there was still a little saliva left in the bruise, so the forensic doctor extracted the DNA from the saliva.
Later, when compared with Lin Liyun's DNA, it was found that the two completely coincided, and the police determined that the murderer was Lin Liyun.
However, DNA technology was just being applied to criminal investigation, and the Legal System in the United States was relatively unique, and many jurors did not believe in this so-called DNA.
The police also provided a thick pile of data to prove the authenticity of the DNA, but even so, at the first court trial, two jurors still insisted that the evidence was not credible and that Lin Liyun was innocent.
The reason the two jurors made this point is that if a couple of boyfriend and girlfriend partyed all night, the man left the next day, but the girlfriend was killed on the same day, and the woman still had the man's DNA in her body.
Does this prove that the name is the murderer of his girlfriend? So based on this inference, the jurors insisted that the evidence was not credible, and the first trial was tried.
On the other hand, Peng Zengji never believed that Lin Liyun had killed Ji Ranbing, so he also invited a team of professional lawyers to defend him.
After the first abortion, Los Angeles police soon filed a second lawsuit, this time filing an audio tape with the court.
The content of the tape is The conversation between Peng Zengji and Lin Liyun, which was secretly installed by the police, in the content of the conversation, Lin Liyun admitted in disguise, that is, he killed Ji Ranbing's mother and son.
This time, the court convicted Lin Liyun of murder based on this evidence and sentenced Lin Liyun to life imprisonment and never released on bail.
However, Lin Liyun cried out in court, and then with the help of her husband, she hired a more experienced team of lawyers to defend herself.
The lawyer argued that the police had taken evidence by wiretaping, which was contrary to the Constitution, so the evidence could not be admissible, and the court eventually accepted this statement and changed the verdict to Lin Liyun's innocence.
After the second trial, the Los Angeles police filed a third lawsuit with the court, and this time, Peng Zengji invited Li Changyu, a famous Chinese detective, to provide him with criminal investigation assistance.
With the help of Li Changyu, Lin Liyun's lawyer successfully overturned the evidence provided by the Los Angeles police, pointing out that Lin Liyun was unable to complete the crime alone, believing that there should be a third party at the scene.
The court adopted this inference, but what Lin Liyun did not expect was that the police followed this inference and pointed the spearhead directly at Peng Zengji, who had cleared up the involvement, believing that he was the third person at the scene!
The police believe that Peng Zengji and Lin Liyun conspired to kill Ji Ranbing's mother and son, and after the police put forward such a point of view, Peng Zengji immediately returned to Taiwan and did not go to the United States until the end of the case.
Subsequently, the police prepared to file a fourth lawsuit, but at this time, Lin Liyun said that he was willing to confess guilt conditionally, and finally Lin Liyun accepted the "impulsive homicide" crime proposed by the police.
The court also accepted this view and eventually sentenced Lin Liyun to eleven years in prison, but since Lin Liyun had previously served seven years in prison, lin Liyun was allowed to apply for parole.
Since then, the murder case that shook Taiwan and the Chinese community in the United States has come to an end, but the repercussions caused by this case have not dissipated, and it has also shown two extremes.
The Taiwanese side believes that Ji Ranbing is a small third child, and destroying other people's families is a matter of death; the Chinese community in the United States believes that although Ji Ranbing is wrong, the child is innocent, and Lin Liyun is really too cruel.