On the evening of July 31, 1998, Xiaowei, a 9-year-old boy who was spending summer vacation in Chongming, Shanghai, couldn't sleep, because his father, who was renting a taxi in the city the next day, was going to come to Chongming to celebrate his 10th birthday. But at noon the next day, Xiaowei received the news that his father had been killed, and he never had a birthday since that day......
However, under the conditions of that year, the police investigation lasted for several months, but the whereabouts of the murderer were never found. For so many years, Xiaowei's mother and son have had a very difficult life, but the police did not give up, and finally in 2024, the murderer was arrested, and the knot in their hearts for many years was untied......
On the day of the 10th birthday
The boy's father was killed
On the night of July 31, 1998, in Shanghai's Hongkou District, two men stopped Master Jin's blue Santana taxi late at night and asked to go to Jiading District.
However, in the early morning of August 1, in a rice field in Jiading District, a villager found the slain Master Jin. He was lying prone in the rice paddies, while his taxi broke down in a pile of yellow sand two kilometres away, and his belongings were looted.
According to the forensic examination, although Master Jin's head had signs of fighting, the final cause was suffocation. The black mud in the rice paddies caused a blockage in his airway.
At that time, many witnesses saw the two young men who escaped from the car at that time. And the police obtained a total of 36 traces and physical evidence left by the suspected murderer in the car.
However, due to the conditions of the year, the police investigation lasted for several months, but the whereabouts of the murderer were never found.
A tragedy changed the lives of mother and son
In the 90s of the last century, with the restructuring of Chongming Farm, working as a taxi driver in downtown Shanghai was a major industry for Chongming people to go out of the island to make a living. In 1994, Master Jin, who worked as an auto mechanic, came to the city to repair cars, and in the following years, he worked part-time as a taxi driver.
In that golden age of the taxi industry, taxi drivers were a high-paying profession
Everything is going in a good direction, and Master Jin is fully capable of giving his wife and children a better life. However, this sudden change changed the fate of the family completely.
Because she lost her main source of income, Xiaowei's mother had to take her son back to Chongming to study. Although she is very unfamiliar with the new school, in order not to worry her mother, Xiaowei, who seems to have grown up overnight, has never told her mother about her thoughts.
Xiaowei's mother, who is from the countryside, has no regular job, and relies on working as a tailor until Xiaowei goes to university. Because of the hard work of life and the excessive use of her eyes, my mother suffered from an eye disease, and 7 years ago, she was almost completely blind in her eyes.
The killer has finally been caught
In April 2023, when a man surnamed He was dealt with for drunk driving in Jiangsu, the police found that his fingerprints were suspicious. In July 2023, after comparison and verification by all parties, He was consistent with the traces and physical evidence left at the scene that year, and he was immediately arrested.
After arriving at the case, He admitted that he had fought because of the conflict over the fare, and the tool was bricks. A month later, another suspect, Li, was also arrested. The truth has also been completely revealed.
It turned out that the two suspects had no money at hand, so they wanted to try their luck and pull the car door to steal property, but the car parked on the side of the road had no door that could be opened. After repeatedly failing to get their hands on it, they set their sights on Master Jin's taxi and started the evil idea of carjacking.
After the two took a taxi, they waited for the car to drive to a remote place to rob it, and after the fight, they abandoned the person and the car and fled the scene.
At the end of 2023, investigators from the Criminal Investigation Corps of the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau came to Chongming to inform Xiaowei and her mother that the murderer of Master Jin had been caught, and their knots for many years were untied.
Although the two suspects wept over and over again and said "I'm sorry", it was too late and they would eventually be brought to justice.
The death of a loved one is not a momentary rainstorm, but a long dampness in this life. But with the detection of the case, Xiaowei's family's memories of their relatives will continue to flow in their lives in a new form......
(Comprehensive丨Take a look at the news Knews reporter Fang Ting, "Case Focus" column)
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