In 1984, construction workers in Zhangjiakou city, Hebei province, China, accidentally dug up a skeleton while excavating the foundation of a house. Suspecting that these may not have been carefully buried remains, the workers reported them to the police, thus solving the 21-year-old’s unfair case.
The body was identified as that of Li Yang, a finance and accounting officer at a local mining factory. Anyone who knows Ms. Li Yang knew very well that he was a kind, honest, and careful person, so everyone, including the factory manager, trusted him greatly. Li Yang is also the person responsible for going to the bank to withdraw money to pay the workers’ monthly salaries, and never misses an appointment.
However, on November 23, 1963, the day the workers received their wages, everyone did not look at Li Yang, not understanding what was going on. Some people even speculated that this month the company was late in salary, but no one thought that Li Yang was in trouble.
Unexpectedly, the next day, the factory manager also became worried when Li Yang didn’t show up. The director went straight to the bank, confirming that Li Yang had withdrawn 16,187 yuan (over 58 million dong at the current exchange rate). At that time, one couldn’t help but suspect that Li Yang had embezzled the company’s salary and ran away.
With no other choice, the factory manager had to report to the police, but the police came to search Li Yang’s home, inquired about many relatives and friends, and no one knew of his whereabouts. Nearby train stations and bus stops were also investigated, but no clues were found.
After that, the police turned to investigate again, suspecting that Li Yang might have been killed by bad people to rob money, so they took the testimonies of people on the street Li Yang used to walk. Later, a resident gave information that before Li Yang’s disappearance, he had seen her with a tall man. However, the police could not find the man’s identity.
At that time the method of investigating the case was relatively backward, the police had a lot of difficulties in this case because there was no special information. For the next 2 years, Zhangjiakou police officers continued to search, not leaving any clues that might be related to the case, but still no breakthrough progress. Since then, the case was left open and Li Yang never appeared again.
The incident was forgotten until June 14, 1984, when a group of construction workers accidentally dug up a set of women’s bodies under an old concrete foundation. After a thorough investigation, the police were shocked to discover that these were the remains of Li Yang, who mysteriously disappeared 21 years ago. As it turned out, Li Yang was unfairly blamed for not embezzling the company’s money, but was killed. So who killed Li Yang and what was the motive for the murder?
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The case faced many challenges as time went on, but fortunately, the police discovered that the place where Li Yang’s body was found was once the home of Qiao Shizheng – former general manager of regional supplies, once a criminal record related to economic crimes.
When the police arrived at Qiao Shizheng’s new home, his distraught wife said that her husband had killed himself by drinking insecticide after hearing that a skeleton had been dug up from the foundation of the old house. After that, the police took Qiao Shizheng’s wife, Zhang Baozhen, to the interrogation office.
As it turned out, in 1963, Mr. Qiao Shizheng and Mrs. Zhang Baozhen had opened a clothing store. Li Yang came to buy things here and became friends with the couple, then often went to each other’s homes, even eating together as close friends. Seeing the couple as trustworthy, Li Yang shared everything from his personal life to his work. Even the fact that Li Yang was the one who kept the salaries and distributed the salaries for his company also explained everything.
Unexpectedly, this made Qiao Shizheng and Zhang Baozhen greedy. They knew very well the time and place where Li Yang held the company’s money, so they planned to kill and rob.
On November 23, 1963, after Li Yang finished withdrawing the money, Qiao Shizheng and Zhang Baozhen invited Li Yang home with the excuse of having a meal. Unexpectedly, when Li Yang had just entered the house, Qiao Shizheng took his ax and slashed it to death. The couple then hid Li Yang’s car and buried his body in the northeast corner of the park. In order to avoid detection, the couple also poured a concrete foundation in the garden, eventually robbing Li Yang of money.
When Li Yang’s body was exhumed, Qiao Shizheng was too afraid to face the law, so he drank insecticide and killed himself. Meanwhile, his wife Zhang Baozhen was charged with involvement in the murder, and was eventually sentenced to life in prison.
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