A murder that was publicized in advance: a man broke into his house to kill his "love rival" and his three girlfriends were threatened. What was the result?

Wei Ran fell in love three times, and the end of each relationship was a betrayal by the other party.

After the first relationship ended, in order to get back together, he sent their private videos to his ex-girlfriend Qiu Li (pseudonym) through QQ for three consecutive days to Qiu Li’s junior high school, high school, and university. In the class group and QQ space, she threatened to kill her parents.

After breaking up with his second girlfriend Zhang Lan (pseudonym), in order to get back together, Wei Ran came to the house with a knife, invaded the house and threatened to kill her family.

Wei Ran told his third girlfriend Huang Juan (pseudonym) that in order to kill his ex-girlfriend Zhang Lan, he did some fitness, studied the surveillance distribution and escape routes in the county, and "prepared for two years."

After he broke up with Huang Juan, at about 3 a.m. on January 21, 2020, he climbed over the wall and entered the residence of Huang Juan and her boyfriend Zhang Lin (pseudonym), and stabbed them to death with sharp knives, three-sided stabs, and electric shock batons. He killed Zhang Lin and slightly injured Huang Juan.

On the eve of the crime, Wei Ran resigned from his position as co-police officer of the accident squadron of the Huaning County Traffic Police Brigade in Yuxi City, Yunnan Province.

The content of the verdict obtained by the victim’s family and his attorney restored the above-mentioned process. The Yuxi Intermediate People’s Court found that Wei Ran was guilty of intentional homicide and sentenced to death. Family members of the victim Zhang Lin. Source of this article’s picture: Photo provided by the interviewee

Three Loves

Qiu Li is Wei Ran’s first girlfriend. The verdict showed that the two were elementary school classmates and established a relationship in January 2016. During this period, Wei Ran suspected that Qiu Li was still in contact with her ex-boyfriend and threatened her many times.

Qiu Li told the police that one night in February 2017, Wei Ran put a 30-centimeter-long knife to her neck and asked her to give her ex-boyfriend's contact information.

In March 2017, Qiu Li begged to break up with Wei Ran. Wei Ran sent their private videos and photos to Qiu Li’s junior high school, high school, and college classes through Qiu Li’s QQ for three consecutive days. In the group and QQ space, Qiu Li felt ashamed to see her parents and classmates. He tried to prevent the breakup by using private videos and threatening to kill Qiu Li's parents.

Zhang Lan is Wei Ran's second girlfriend. According to Zhang Lan, they spent three months together in the summer of 2017.

The verdict showed that after the two broke up, Wei Ran harassed and threatened Zhang Lan many times. In mid-2017, Wei Ran went to Zhang Lan's home for the first time and asked to get back together. Four or five days later, Wei Ran illegally invaded the balcony of Zhang Lan's house again and threatened to get back together with a knife, otherwise he would kill someone. Later, Zhang Lan's mother, friends and others rushed to persuade her to leave, which made Zhang Lan feel scared.

Later, the police found out that the text messages Wei Ran sent to Zhang Lan contained contents such as "Do you want to die?" "Who else do you want to drag to death with you?" Afterwards, Wei Ran sent a text message to Zhang Lan's parents: "Uncle, I want to give you an explanation and apology in person tomorrow. Do you have time tomorrow?" Zhang Lan's father replied: "No need, forget the past, face the future, don't Don’t do anything that harms others or yourself. Don’t harass her and us anymore. Please respect yourself.”

After breaking up with Zhang Lan, Wei Ran met his third girlfriend, Huang Juan. The WeChat chat records of the two show that they met on June 20, 2019.

After the relationship was established, Wei Ran also told Huang Juan that in order to avenge the killing of his ex-girlfriend Zhang Lan, he did fitness, studied the surveillance distribution and escape routes in the county, and "prepared for two years."

After getting along for about two months, Huang Juan discovered that Wei Ran was also having an affair with other girls, and immediately broke up with her. She didn't know that breaking up would also bring danger to her. Certificate of honor for Huang Juan’s boyfriend Zhang Lin

Wei Ran’s former colleagues and friends confirmed that after breaking up with Huang Juan, Wei Ran was unwilling to give in and pestered, followed and interfered with Huang Juan.

Wei Ran told his friend Liu Xin (pseudonym) that in order to retaliate against Qiu Li and Zhang Lan, he studied whether to escape after killing, studied how to avoid legal strikes, and paid attention to the surveillance situation in the county.

Wei Ran’s former colleagues confirmed that after breaking up with Huang Juan, in December 2019, Wei Ran said that he found himself mentally ill. His previous girlfriend betrayed him, and he wanted to kill Zhang Lan and study He talked about surveillance routes, crime movies and TV series, and how to evade legal action. "He also said that he bought a stun device and a three-edged sword."

Wei Ran confessed to the police that after breaking up with Huang Juan, he followed Huang Juan twice to the Huaning County Finance Bureau Community. One day in December 2019, he wanted to ask Huang Juan "what shortcomings she had." He followed Huang Juan all the way to the Finance Bureau community, but did not find out Huang Juan's specific residence; around January 10, 2020, he followed her again Huang Juan found that she got into a BMW and drove to the Finance Bureau community. "I thought at that time that Xiao Huang might be getting along with this man. I thought for a while not to disturb him, but I still had a lot of questions in my heart." .

According to Wei Ran’s former colleagues, when he followed Huang Juan for the second time, Wei Ran discovered that the BMW Huang Juan was riding in was driven into the Finance Bureau community by a man. “Two days later, Wei Ran Ran said that Huang Juan was also on his must-kill list."

Wei Ran’s WeChat chat records show that his former colleagues advised him to let it go, and Wei Ran said, “Can you get psychological relief by killing someone?” “Put her on the must-do list. I will feel very comfortable in my heart." Wei Ran also borrowed a grinder from his former colleague, saying that he would polish the three-sided thorns.

Before committing the crime, Wei Ran used the convenience of his work to query the owner information of the above-mentioned BMW using the computer of the accident squadron of the traffic police brigade. The police also found that before committing the crime, Wei Ran prepared 1 silver-white sharp knife, 1 triangular thorn, 1 electric shock baton, 1 pair of black rubber sheaths, and 2 pairs of black rubber gloves through online shopping and local supermarket purchases. 9 black plastic cable ties, black backpack and other crime tools.

On the eve of the crime, on January 20, 2020, Wei Ran resigned from his position as co-police officer of the accident squadron of the Huaning County Traffic Police Brigade in Yuxi City.

According to Red Star News, Wei Ran, the only son in the family, has worked in the traffic police brigade for 4 years with a monthly salary of about 2,800 yuan. He is usually responsible for road duty and order maintenance at accident scenes. The relevant person in charge of the traffic police brigade said that Wei Ran did not talk much but worked diligently. The leaders of the brigade did not understand his emotional entanglements and did not see anything unusual.

At about 22:00 on the evening of January 20, 2020, Wei Ran told his father that he was going out for a late-night snack to "relax."

According to Wei Ran's confession, at about 22:00 on the day of resignation, he came out of his home with tools and went to the Finance Bureau Community. He climbed along the balcony on the first floor of Shuige Community, which was separated by a wall, to the balcony on the fourth floor, and climbed through the window. Enter Huang Juan's boyfriend's house.

Huang Juan and her boyfriend Zhang Lin have already met their parents and originally planned to get married after the year. This will be their wedding room. Zhang Lin has been divorced for many years and has a son who was a truck driver transporting sand at the time of the incident. He graduated from a sports school in his early years and participated in many national and Yunnan provincial competitions as a boxer, winning the Yunnan Provincial Boxing Competition. Fifth place result.

The verdict shows that the court found that after Wei Ran entered Zhang Lin's residence, he took advantage of Zhang Lin and Huang Juan's sleeping opportunities to stab Zhang Lin with a sharp knife, a three-edged thorn, and an electric shock baton. When he tried to stop him, Wei Ran scratched his left hand with a sharp knife. After Zhang Lin was injured and fell to the ground, Wei Ran pinched Huang Juan with his hands, used a three-point stab, and strangled Huang Juan's neck with a belt. Huang Juan resisted violently and was able to escape.

During this period, Huang Juan tried to call 110 to call the police, but her phone was broken by Wei Ran and the call failed. Later, she asked Wei Ran to call 120 to save Zhang Lin, but Wei Ran refused. Huang Juan killed her and then committed suicide." In the end, Huang Juan, who had not had time to get dressed, ran out the door and went to the community guard room to dial 110 on the guard's mobile phone.

After identification, Zhang Lin died of hemorrhagic shock due to rupture of blood vessels in his neck caused by someone using a sharp instrument; Huang Juan's injury was a minor injury; Wei Ran's injury was a minor injury. At about 5:17 on January 21, 2020, Wei Ran, accompanied by his family, surrendered to the public security organ.

The judicial appraisal opinion of the Yuxi Mingyuan Forensic Appraisal Center shows that Wei Ran suffered from recurrent depressive disorder and was experiencing a moderate depressive episode at the time of the crime; he was fully capable of criminal responsibility during the course of committing harmful acts.

After the incident, at about 5 a.m. that day, Wei Ran sent messages such as "I missed, goodbye" and "I screwed up, I'm going to die" to colleagues and friends through WeChat.

The case was heard in Huaning County Court, Yuxi City, Yunnan Province on August 18, 2020. Wei Ran argued in court that he polished the triangular thorns not necessarily to kill people, but also to commit suicide. He was not thinking about killing people at the time, but was "leaning against the wall and thinking about problems." It was Zhang Lin who took the first step after waking up and seeing him. , He resisted in order to escape from Zhang Lin's control.

On December 22, 2020, Wei Ran was sentenced in the first instance on suspicion of intentional homicide and illegal residential intrusion.

After trial, the court held that the evidence in the case proved that the defendant Wei Ran had the intention to kill, carried out the act of killing, and actively pursued the result of the killing. He was a direct intentional killing and deliberately illegally deprived others of their lives. One person died and another was slightly injured, and his behavior constituted intentional homicide. Without the consent of the owner of the residence, the defendant Wei Ran carried a knife and climbed the wall into Zhang Lan's residence in Xincheng Community, Dongshi Street, Ningzhou Street, Huaning County, at around 22:00 on October 21, 2017. After much persuasion, the defendant Wei Ran Leaving and illegally breaking into another person's house constitutes the crime of illegal intrusion into a house. The judicial appraisal opinion determined Wei Ran's mental state and behavioral capacity when he committed the crime. Wei Ran was not a person with limited capacity when he committed the crime. Although Wei Ran had surrendered, it was not enough to give him a lighter punishment.

In the end, the court found the defendant Wei Ran guilty of intentional homicide and sentenced to death and deprived of political rights for life. He was guilty of illegal intrusion into a residence and sentenced to six months in prison. Several crimes were punished concurrently and the death penalty was decided. , deprived of political rights for life.