In June 2009, a "steel nail murder case" occurred in Xuzhou, which was shocking.
He pretended to be paralyzed in order to kill his wife and cheat on the insurance, and when his wife was asleep, he directly knocked a 10-centimeter steel nail into his wife's head, and pretended to be harmless to humans and animals afterwards!
Even the brother-in-law did not let go, deliberately causing an accident to kill him.
So, what kind of hatred makes him so cruel?
One day in June 2009, Zhang Jinfeng was rushed to the emergency room at a hospital in Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province.
The doctors were shocked by what they saw, Zhang Jinfeng was covered in blood, and then an iron nail about 10 centimeters long was deeply inserted into Zhang Jinfeng's head.
Accompanying Zhang Jinfeng's husband, Jiang Lichun, who was admitted to the hospital, explained to the doctor in a panic that it was an accident.
According to him, his wife, while tidying up her room at home, accidentally fell off a ladder and hit her head right on a protruding nail.
Jiang Lichun's explanation sounded reasonable, but after conducting an initial examination, the doctors found some suspicious signs.
First of all, the angle and depth of the nail insertion do not quite correspond to the case of an accidental fall.
Secondly, Zhang Jinfeng has some other scars on his body, which are of varying degrees of new and old, and seem to have been done deliberately.
The findings made the doctors suspicious, and the hospital immediately reported the suspicious incident to the police.
Soon the police intervened in the investigation, and the local public security bureau immediately sent experienced criminal investigators to the hospital to begin an investigation into this suspicious "accident".
They questioned Jiang Lichun carefully, recorded his statement, and also began to gather other relevant information.
As the investigation deepened, the police gradually learned about a series of misfortunes suffered by the Zhang family in recent years.
Two years ago, Zhang Jinfeng's younger brother, Zhang Jinlong, died in an accident while away at work.
At the time, Zhang Jinlong was working at a construction site and is said to have accidentally fallen from a scaffold.
Immediately afterward, Zhang Jinfeng and Jiang Lichun were injured in a serious car accident that, according to Jiang Lichun, left him paralyzed in the lower half of his body and forced him to rely on a wheelchair to get around.
This series of unfortunate events has put this originally peaceful family in a difficult situation.
After questioning Jiang Lichun, the police conducted a careful investigation of the crime scene, and they found that there were many suspicious points at the scene that did not match Jiang Lichun's statement.
Most puzzlingly, the neighbors all said they didn't hear anything unusual that night.
If it was really an accidental fall, it shouldn't have been so quiet, and these contradictory details made the investigation of the case deadlocked.
Just when the police were at a loss, an unexpected phone call brought a turn for the case, and a staff member of an insurance company called to inquire about Zhang Jinfeng's situation.
Through conversation, the police were surprised to find that Zhang Jinfeng had recently purchased a high-cost accident insurance, and the beneficiary was her husband Jiang Lichun.
This information immediately attracted the attention of the police.
They began to investigate Zhang Jinfeng's insurance records in depth and found that in the past two years, Zhang Jinfeng has successively purchased a number of high-value insurances, with a total insurance amount of millions of yuan.
What's even more suspicious is that the beneficiaries of these insurances are all Jiang Lichun.
This discovery took a major turn in the case. The police began to turn the focus of their investigation to Jiang Lichun, suspecting that he may have deliberately injured his wife in order to defraud the insurance money.
This discovery quickly made Jiang Lichun a key suspect for the police, who intensified their surveillance of Jiang Lichun and conducted an in-depth investigation into his daily activities.
As the investigation of Jiang Lichun deepened, the police uncovered more shocking facts.
It turned out that Jiang Lichun's so-called "paralysis" was likely a well-planned scam.
Through technical means, the police tracked Jiang Lichun's mobile phone signal to an Internet café.
This is clearly inconsistent with his claim that he is paralyzed at home, and in order to confirm this, the police decided to secretly track Jiang Lichun.
In the end, the police arrested Jiang Lichun who was surfing the Internet at that Internet café.
To everyone's surprise, the "paralyzed" man moved freely, without the slightest obstacle to movement.
Faced with ironclad evidence, Jiang Lichun finally collapsed and confessed his crimes.
After interrogation, Jiang Lichun confessed that the car accident between him and Zhang Jinfeng was a well-planned scam, and in order to defraud the insurance money, Jiang Lichun did not hesitate to fake the illusion that he was paralyzed.
What's even more outrageous is that Zhang Jinlong's death was not an accident, but the result of Jiang Lichun's deliberate murder in order to obtain insurance money.
Jiang Lichun confessed that he originally planned to murder Zhang Jinfeng in the same way, but there was an accident in the process of committing the murder.
He wanted to kill with one blow, but he didn't expect Zhang Jinfeng to survive tenaciously.
Jiang Lichun's motive for committing the crime was completely exposed, and he did not hesitate to poison his relatives in order to defraud a huge amount of insurance money.
The case quickly entered the judicial process, and at the first trial, Jiang Lichun suddenly retracted his confession and denied his criminal acts.
He claimed that his previous confession had been made under pressure from the police and was not true, a change that brought the case to a deadlock again.
At this moment, good news came from the hospital, after a long coma, Zhang Jinfeng finally woke up, although the injury was serious, but Zhang Jinfeng's memory was not damaged.
Under the questioning of the police, Zhang Jinfeng clearly identified Jiang Lichun as the murderer.
She recalled details of the night of the crime, describing how Jiang Lichun suddenly attacked her and tried to end her life with a nail.
Zhang Jinfeng's testimony became the key to the verdict.
In the subsequent second-instance trial, Jiang Lichun finally pleaded guilty in the face of ironclad evidence of the crime.
Considering the cruel nature and serious consequences of Jiang Lichun's crime, the court finally sentenced Jiang Lichun to death.
This appalling case shocked the entire society.
It not only exposes the dark side of human nature, but also reflects some deep-seated problems in the current society.
Some people go to great lengths for money, even hurting those closest to them.
At the same time, this case has also exposed loopholes in the insurance system, allowing some people with ulterior motives to take advantage of them.
Although the trial of the case is over, its social impact is far from dissipating.
For Zhang Jinfeng, although she was lucky to escape death, this experience undoubtedly left a lifelong shadow on her.
How to get out of the haze and rebuild a new life will be a huge challenge for her in the future.
The case has also raised concerns about grassroots policing in rural areas.
How to strengthen the management of public security in rural areas and improve the safety awareness of villagers has become a key issue for local governments to consider.
Some localities have begun to try to establish village-level safety nets to encourage neighbors to look out for each other in order to prevent similar incidents from occurring.
The insurance industry has also received unprecedented attention as a result of this case.
How to improve the insurance system and plug the loopholes that may be exploited has become a hot topic in the industry.
Some insurers are starting to revisit their policy terms and strengthen risk management to guard against possible insurance fraud.
Finally, let's remember: no matter how difficult it is, it should not be solved in a way that hurts others or violates the law.
Information source: China Court Network: Iron nails were nailed into his wife's head, and the verdict was pronounced in the Xuzhou case of killing his wife and defrauding insurance