Preamble:
They just want to make love, but they are kidnapped and killed by the five demons, the girl is suffocated to death, and the boyfriend is found to have been shot three times three days later.
In January 2007, after attending a friend's party, Channon and Christophe, a pair of lovers in Tennessee, USA, wanted to find a secluded corner to make love, but were suddenly kidnapped by five gangsters, and then taken back to their residence to be humiliated and killed. Channon was suffocated alive in a garbage can, while Kristoff was found three days later with three shots.
An ordinary couple could have had the life of an ordinary person
21-year-old Channon and 23-year-old Christophe are an ordinary young couple. Qian Nong used to work in a local company, and he has a cheerful and positive personality and is deeply loved by leaders. Christophe, on the other hand, is a college student who likes to exercise and often goes to the gym to train hard. The two have known each other for a long time and have a very good relationship. On this day, they were invited by a college classmate to attend this little girl's birthday party. It would have been just a regular weekend party and nothing would have happened.
They have been in love for 2 years and have a very stable relationship. Christophe's parents were also very happy with Channon. If it weren't for this unexpected event, they might have gotten engaged soon. should have entered the palace of marriage, and Qian Nong may also give birth to a lovely baby in the near future. They could have lived an ordinary and happy life, just like countless ordinary people.
However, fate played a cruel joke. This couple, who could have had the life of an ordinary person, ushered in a devastating tragedy in one weekend. What is it that drives the five gangsters to have such a twisted interest in them? What could have been an ordinary and happy life, but ended up so tragically. Life, with its infinite possibilities, was thus forced to stop. Thinking of this, whether it is family or friends, it will feel extremely painful.
After the party, the two disappeared, and the mother called the police to find them to no avail
On Saturday night, January 6, 2007, Channon and Christophe did not go home after attending the birthday party of their college classmate. The party was very lively, and they had a good time, leaving the scene close to the early hours of the morning. Since they are adults, both parents do not care. It was a weekend night, and the youthful duo didn't want to go straight home.
It wasn't until the morning of January 7 that Qian Nong's boss called her home and said that the company had an important project that Qian Nong needed to attend, but Qian Nong had lost contact. On the other side of the phone was the anxious voice of Qian Nong's boss. This made Channon's mother very worried, and immediately called Christophe's father to ask about it, only to learn that Kristof had not returned overnight.
"My son never stays up all night without saying hello, so where are the two of them going?" Kristof's father wondered. He also tried to ask Kristoff's friends and classmates, but all said that the two lost contact after the party. So the two families immediately called the police and set off separately to find the whereabouts of the two. However, they never imagined that the two would be kidnapped and humiliated, and their fate would be reversed.
Three days later, the boyfriend was found to have been shot three times
At 12:20 p.m. that day, Uncle Li, a railway worker over half a hundred years old, was working beside the tracks on Cherry Street when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a large white object in the weedy area on the side of the road. The place, which was usually rarely visited, was curiously approached and looked at it, and was immediately startled - a naked young man, lying motionless on the ground under a thin quilt.
"There has been a murder!" Uncle Li immediately popped up these four words in his mind. He was well-informed and knew very well that this was not some unlucky drunkard in his sleep. He hurriedly stepped forward to check on the man, only to find that the other party was cold, apparently dead for a long time. The man's feet were covered in mud, and his ankles still had obvious signs of binding. This shows that he is most likely the victim.
Uncle Li examined it carefully and found that this unlucky young man actually had bullet holes in the back of his head, neck, and back! Bullets penetrated through the back of his head, and the burn marks left by the gunpowder at the muzzle were clearly visible. He judged that the man was most likely arrested to kill and his body was brought here to be burned. In order to avoid destroying the corpse, he quickly called the police.
The criminal police who arrived at the scene also judged that the deceased had multiple gunshot wounds to the head and back, which was a typical means of exterminating the mouth of the underworld. The deceased must have been abducted and humiliated during their lifetime. This case must contain a bloody story.
The girlfriend's car was found with signs of hijacking
On the same day, with the help of a friend of Channon's mother, the two families found Channong's Toyota near Chipman Street. When Qian Nong's father saw the Toyota, his face immediately turned pale - the annual inspection sign in front of the car had been torn off and removed, the windows had obviously been forcibly opened, and the contents of the car, such as discs, overalls and wallets, were scattered, and several magazines, empty iced tea bottles and a pack of "Yuxi" cigarettes that did not belong to his daughter were scattered.
This undoubtedly confirms that the daughter's vehicle has been ransacked by the gangsters. Channon's father felt a pang of despair, knowing full well that this was not just a simple theft or theft. A car was turned upside down, and there were still cigarette butts left by strangers, which undoubtedly showed that the daughter and boyfriend had a terrible accident.
So they immediately called the police again. At this time, the police suddenly informed them that Christophe's body had been found! This sudden bad news made the two parents unacceptable, and they wept. Channon's mother was even more heartbroken, and she had a premonition that her daughter might not escape her fate. The police quickly arrived to investigate the Toyota and collect evidence, and finally turned up a dirty letter inside the car, and the envelope left the murderer's fingerprints.
A fingerprint matched a gangster who had just been released from prison
On January 9, after checking and comparing in the national DNA database, the fingerprint finally succeeded in identifying a gangster Davidson who had recently been released from prison. It turned out that Davidson had a long criminal record, and had previously been sentenced to life imprisonment for intentional homicide, kidnapping and ransom. He had just been released from prison on parole, and he couldn't help but commit crimes again and return to his old job. What's even more outrageous is that the perverted old offenders lives just two blocks away from the location of the crime.
After receiving this momentous discovery, the police immediately went into a big swing, quickly applied to the court for a search warrant, and went straight to Davidson's apartment. However, when we arrived at the scene, the small 80-square-meter apartment was already empty. The SWAT officer who received the tip quickly broke down the door, and when he searched around, he found that the apartment was littered with filthy household garbage, as well as a large number of pornographic CDs and videotapes. The SWAT officers judged that the environment here was too dirty for normal people to bear.
What is even more terrifying is that in the depths of a dirty garbage can in the kitchen, the police actually found a female corpse! It was indeed Qian Nong herself, who had been missing for nearly a week, and she had suffered multiple knife wounds and was forced to curl up naked in a ball and discard it inside, obviously experiencing inhumane humiliation! The police were furious and immediately launched an all-out investigation!
The brutality of the five gangsters is outrageous
Subsequently, after a long investigation and arrest, the police finally arrested all five gangster members involved in the kidnapping case in a row. They are: Davidson, the owner of the house, his brother Cobins, Corbins' girlfriend Vanessa, Davidson's acquaintance Eric, and Eric's friend George. The police soon learned that the story of the case was far more complicated and distorted than they imagined.
It turned out that the two brothers, Davidson and Corbins, originally came from an incomplete family with divorced parents, and they lived in violence and crime since childhood, and gradually Xi various criminal knowledge, and went in and out of prison many times. The other three are also a group of violent young people who do not do their jobs, often get together to smoke marijuana and drink alcohol to commit crimes. These five people committed the crime in a gang, and their actions were extremely cruel and dangerous.
The police reconstructed the truth of the night of the incident from their different confessions: late at night on January 6, the five men wanted to pick a random car to steal, but they happened to find Channon and Kristoff making out in the woods on the side of the road. So they kidnapped the couple on a whim, and forcibly took them back to Davidson's apartment by car. For three days and three nights, the five men subjected them to heinous abuse and torture.
All the evidence shows that in front of the Five Demons, Channon and Christophe have never had the slightest ability to resist. Their right to life was completely trampled on and ravaged by these five people, and they all ended in tragic deaths. After the truth came out, everyone was extremely angry about the tragic fate of the two.
Two parents pleaded for severe punishment of the Five Demons
After DNA tests and eyewitness testimony, the brutal crimes of the five men have been conclusively proven. Both the families of Channon and Christophe asked the court to severely punish the five in accordance with the law so that justice could be served. What these five gangsters did is really outrageous!
However, to the outrage of the two families, in the subsequent trials, except for Davidson, who was still sentenced to death, the sentences of the other four were reduced to varying degrees. Among them, Vanessa, a female gangster who has attracted much attention, once emotionally claimed that she was also a victim, but she was threatened and had no choice but to be an accomplice. Her crying and crying pretense finally bought the sympathy of some judges and obtained a significant reduction in sentence!
"I have a mother's intuition that Eric is the mastermind behind my son's murder!" said Christophe's mother with red eyes and anger after learning that the killers might get away with it. How could she tolerate the perpetrator's easy exoneration of the loss of her beloved son, so she repeatedly asked for a retrial, hoping to find more evidence of the crime, and finally got the court to increase Eric's guilt five years later. In 2013, there were new verdicts on the sentences of several others. However, this is only a slight soot to the scars for the family, and they will never be able to go back to the way they were.
Life will face great changes just because of a single thought
Sadly, this inhumane kidnapping and murder case could have been avoided altogether. If the five had not had the evil idea of kidnapping and robbing others that night, Channon and Kristof would have left unharmed; Even if they kidnapped the couple randomly, they could have let them go in the future. However, with a single thought, the five did not hesitate to brutally torture and kill the two.
What is behind this is that they have a complete disregard for life and have no empathy. Among them, Davidson and Eric are typical violent offenders who have lost their fear of the law. No one with a normal IQ would kidnap passers-by in the middle of the night, let alone humiliate the victim. Behind this incident is the increasingly serious collapse of social civilization and morality, and it is also a manifestation of the insufficient punishment of the judicial system. It makes people re-examine the complexity of human nature and the fragility of life.
We must also reflect on what caused these gangsters to completely lose their empathy and law-abiding spirit in this era of rampant materialism and declining moral standards? Why did the trajectory of their lives deviate from the right path? What key social education are still missing? These questions are worth pondering. In any case, we must cherish life, stay away from crime, and jointly safeguard a society governed by the rule of law. This tragedy also taught us to cherish every life around us more. May the deceased rest in peace, and may the living work hard, remember the lessons, and protect the preciousness of life together.