Beijing time, January 26: The case of a 12-year-old boy killing a 4-year-old girl in Jingzhou Public Security County, Hubei Province ushered in the latest development, it is reported that the murderer was withdrawn because he was under the age of 12, and the boy is currently undergoing psychological correction. On January 25, the father of the victim revealed that he had received a "decision to withdraw the case" from the police, and then the local police also confirmed that the case was withdrawn because the boy who caused the accident did not reach the age of criminal responsibility.
It is understood that the boy and the girl who were killed are neighbors, and the relationship between the two families is usually not bad, and there has been no conflict between the two parties before. On August 30, 2023, the boy tricked the girl into a vacant vegetable garden on the pretext of "finding a fun place", and then the boy choked the girl from behind and threw her into the dung tank in the vegetable garden, and then the boy also found bricks to press the girl to the bottom of the tank, because there was fecal water in the tank, so the girl drowned.
After the girl "disappeared", the girl's family searched for the girl's whereabouts everywhere, and when asked if the boy had seen the murdered woman, he calmly pointed to a wrong place, which eventually made the girl's family miss the best time to rescue the girl. After the girl's body was found, the boy who caused the accident was also controlled by the police, and the reason for his crime was only "the murdered girl had robbed her sister of a toy".
It is understood that after receiving the notice of withdrawal, the father of the victim girl said that he would continue to appeal to the higher authorities and even the Supreme People's Court, but according to mainland law, the age of criminal responsibility is 12 years old, so even if the girl's family continues to appeal, it is likely that it will be in vain. Just a few days ago, Japan sentenced a minor guilty of murder and arson to death, and the presiding judge's verdict was based on the fact that "it is unlikely that the murderer will be rehabilitated", and many Chinese netizens have expressed the need to introduce similar sentences.