The murder case in Heyang County, Shaanxi Province, the murderer tried to hide it from the public. What happened next?

On the evening of October 6, a rare tragedy occurred in Kunlong Village, Fuliu Township, Heyang County, Shaanxi Province. 12 innocent people were brutally murdered. The murderer Jia Yingmin committed suicide after committing the crime.

Kunlong Village is about 30 miles away from Heyang County. Not far to the east of the village is the famous Qiachuan Scenic Area. According to what reporters learned in Kunlong Village yesterday, the murderer Jia Yingmin is in his 40s. He was sentenced to six years in prison for injury in 1992 and was released the year before last. At around 8 a.m. on October 7, when Jia Yingmin's aunt asked the family of Jia Zhongmin, Jia Zhongmin's brother, to help her harvest corn, she suddenly discovered that Jia Zhongmin's wife, son, and daughter had been killed, and reported the case to the village cadres.

The Fangzhen Police Station of Heyang County Public Security Bureau rushed to Kunlong Village. After intense investigation, the public security police found that nine more people were hacked to death with axes at Jia Yingmin's home, Jia Yingmin's father-in-law's home and the nearby Zhonglei Village headquarters. The deceased included Jia Yingmin’s wife, two sons, father-in-law, mother-in-law, aunt, and a villager who worked as a plasterer in Zhonglei Village, and his family of three. In this case, except for Jia Zhongmin who escaped while working outside, three families were wiped out. At several crime scenes, Jia Yingmin left slogans written in chalk. While the public security organs were hunting Jia Yingmin, on October 7, people discovered that Jia had hanged himself under a cliff in the wilds of Qiachuan Town.

It is reported that this case is a rare major case since the founding of Heyang County. The Shaanxi Provincial Public Security Department, Weinan Municipal Public Security Bureau and relevant leaders have rushed to Heyang to listen to the case report. The Heyang County Government, Fuliu Township Government and Kunlong Village Committee have set up special teams to handle the aftermath of the case.

What kind of hatred does Jia Yingmin have against them? According to the cadres of Kunlong Village, Jia Yingmin is usually introverted and not a troublemaker, but he is narrow-minded and takes every little thing to heart, sometimes even to the point of indifference. His father, mother-in-law and other relatives only tried to persuade him a few times. The cause of this case was around 1992. At that time, Jia's brother Jia Zhongmin's family was building a house. Jia Yingmin had a dispute with a plasterer from Zhonglei Village who came to build a house. He severely injured the plasterer with a shovel. For this, he was sentenced to 6 years in prison. , Jia Yingmin and many people including the plasterer formed a "feud" over this matter. Two years ago, after Jia Yingmin was released from prison and returned home, he borrowed money to build a house. Unexpectedly, his wife contracted leukemia, which made it even worse for him.

The massacre of 12 people from four families in Heyang County on October 6 was outrageous and shocking. The body of the murderer Jia Yingmin who hanged himself was later found under a nearby cliff. The case left more or less suspense. Why did the murderer do this to his relatives? When he was swinging his ax to kill people like crazy, what desire was swelling in his heart? When he tied the rope that would end his life, would there be a trace of regret in his heart? ... In this regard, the reporter made a special trip to interview Professor Yang Yongming, Honorary Chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Psychological Society and Professor of the Department of Psychology of Shaanxi Normal University.

Reporter: Killing 12 people in a row is shocking, let alone killing his own relatives! How should we understand Jia Yingmin?

Yang Yongming: I think this person must be introverted and in a bad situation. No matter what the actual situation is, at least he believes that he has been tortured and discriminated against. First of all, he was looked down upon as a door-to-door son-in-law in the countryside. In addition, he had been sentenced, so he must have thought that he was being oppressed, so he was mentally unbalanced. Life was very difficult after he was released from prison, and his wife's illness made it even worse. He was full of despair and hatred for life. At this time, he would think of death, but he wanted to die with others: kill the enemy and make it impossible for him to live, kill his wife , I don’t want my relatives to stay in the world and suffer the same pain. In fact, the premise of all this is---he wants to commit suicide! He struggled so much that he no longer wanted to live in this world that he thought was full of misery.

Reporter: Was this tragedy a conspiracy that the murderer had planned for a long time, or was it an impulsive act?

Yang Yongming: The murderer must have premeditated it. 12 people do not live together, and most of them are adults. It is difficult to kill them all without any preparation. The murderer may be in a state of madness when killing. He was in despair for a long time, and after making up his mind, he made full preparations. He must have an idea of ??when and where to strike. Didn't he also make a list of enemies?

Reporter: But there is always a trigger for any outbreak of extreme behavior!

Yang Yongming: No one can tell what the trigger is, and it cannot be that life is unbearable.

Reporter: It seems that Jia Yingmin is not a psychopath or a psychopath. He does not communicate with others and is depressed. Could he be autistic?

Yang Yongming: It seems not. It should be said that he had a psychological disorder and personality defects, which accumulated deeper and deeper and eventually led to an explosion of hatred that made him lose his mind. His psychological quality is very poor. He will only paranoidly believe that his life is miserable, but he will not consider others. In fact, his enemies are all his relatives. Moreover, he has a cruel mentality, and there are also people who hate the world, but they only commit suicide and do not kill others.

Reporter: Maybe his relatives care too little about him. If he had more active love and tenderness from his relatives in his life, the situation would not be like this.

Yang Yongming: That’s natural.

Reporter: If someone had seen the signs of his murder beforehand, would it have been useful to stop him?

Yang Yongming: Of course it is useful. Although it took a long time to plan, the actual action still took place in one thought. Undoubtedly, you will always regret killing your loved one. If he is rescued at the moment of suicide, you will definitely regret it. Regarding life and death, people are absolutely afraid of death. This is instinct. Reporter: In modern society, are there many people like Jia Yingmin who are filled with hatred, unfairness and unbalanced mentality? Yang Yongming: It’s definitely not an individual person. After all, social competition is fierce and people’s survival pressure is generally high. What’s more, generally speaking, people’s psychological quality cannot adapt to the needs of social development. In addition, they are easily affected by the media’s “violence” and “terror”. The adverse effects of violence can easily induce people to use violent means to solve problems that should not be solved in this way. Reporter: It seems that improving psychological quality and controlling endurance are important for everyone. Yang Yongming: The society should also promote more legal ideas, popularize mental health knowledge, and try to promote mutual communication and mutual care and concern among people.

"It would be nice if he had someone who could speak his mind."

After the incident, the reporter interviewed Jia Yingmin's fellow villager who worked in Xi'an. He said:

I am more than ten years younger than Jia Yingmin, but my family lives very close to each other, so I still know him to a certain extent. I have been working in Xi'an for many years. I only learned about such a tragedy after reading the newspaper today. I never expected that Jia Yingmin would do such a heartless thing. He was originally a pitiful man worthy of sympathy.

Jia Yingmin’s mother died when he was very young, and his father married a man who treated him very badly. When he grew up, he became a son-in-law. His father-in-law was not nice to him and looked down upon him.

I think the incident in which he was imprisoned for a fight that year had a great psychological impact on him. After the incident, his father-in-law kicked him out and refused to give him any face. His biological father even said viciously to others: "Put him out." If he is locked up, no one will care about him."

In rural areas, anyone with a criminal record is destined to have a difficult life in the future. Jia Yingmin was originally introverted, and became even more depressed after he was released from prison. What's more, life at home was very difficult. At that time, he had moved out of his father-in-law's house.

One Spring Festival, everyone in the village paid New Year greetings during the day, but he went out to pay New Year greetings at night. Once at my house, we chatted for a few words, and he said that his life was not as good as other people's. He seemed very depressed and painful. He did not easily tell others what was in his heart, and he had no friends.

Who would have thought that he, who seemed to be wilting, would do such a thing. To be honest, I think it would be nice if he had someone to talk to on weekdays!