Shanghai "Knocking on the Head": In order to make money, he knocked on people's heads. In January, 14 people were knocked. What happened later?

In 1997, Shanghai was full of traffic, bustling and bustling, with people working early and returning late, and the city was thriving. However, since March, a terrible "devil" began to appear in the streets in the dark, quietly taking away the original tranquility of the city.

On March 18th, 1997, the chill of early spring was still lingering, and the rain was falling. At the age of 26, Ms. Hu was going to walk back to her residence in Yangpu District from the farmers' market. At that time, it was already 6 o'clock in the evening. Because of the weather, there were few pedestrians on the road. When she walked to a construction site near her home, her head was suddenly attacked, and she fainted to the ground and never woke up.

This is the first case committed by "Ghost Knocking on the Head". Since then, it has become a nightmare for Shanghai residents for a long time, which makes people in this originally calm city panic. Only two days after committing the crime, the murderer couldn't wait to commit the second crime. This time, the victim was 41-year-old Ms. Shi. At that time, when she got home, she found that she didn't have the key to the corridor door, so she asked her husband to throw it down for her. Who knows, in the short few minutes when she went upstairs, Ms. Shi suffered a vicious hand.

Since then, until April 14th, 22, the murderer committed 13 more crimes wildly, and the victims were all middle-aged and elderly women, killing 2 people and seriously injuring 12 others. All the victims were hit on the head with blunt instruments, and then their belongings were taken away. Among them, only one victim named Kan had a general impression of the physical characteristics of the murderer: he was about 1.7 meters tall, burly, wearing a yellow coat and speaking Mandarin.

For a time, Shanghai residents turned pale at the talk of "ghost knocking on the head", and even evolved many terrible legends. At night, the pedestrians in the street were sparse, and everyone dared not go out alone. Even if they have to go to work, women will let their husbands accompany them, and even more, they will wear helmets to go out, lest they become the next victims of the head-bashing case.

Because the murderers all attacked suddenly from behind, resulting in the lack of witnesses and strong evidence, the case was once deadlocked. While the police were struggling to search for evidence, on April 14, 22, the last knock on the head happened. This time, the victim was lucky enough to survive and brought an important clue: the gold necklace with a chicken heart that she was robbed of was a picture of Yuanyang playing with water, and her son's name "Mingyue" was engraved on the back, which was a unique physical evidence.

According to this clue, the police investigated the surrounding gold shops. Sure enough, the murderer had been to a jewelry store to repair this necklace. According to the boss's description, the police successfully locked the suspect Wei Guangxiu. The Municipal Public Security Bureau quickly dispatched police and successfully arrested Wei Guangxiu who was hiding at home at around 11 pm on April 15, 22. After the news came out, Shanghai citizens were finally able to relax their nerves a little.

According to Wei Guangxiu, he is a native of Lixin County, Anhui Province. He was born in 1971. After graduating from junior high school, he went to Shanghai to be a soldier, where he got married and had children. Wei Guangxiu had a criminal record of stealing and going to prison in 1993, but he had just been released from prison for less than half a year when he committed the appalling "head-knocking case".

Wei Guangxiu said that everything he did was for his family. The child was only 5 years old and needed money too much. In the last case, he robbed the gold necklace because his wife's bracelet was lost and he wanted to give her another one. When talking about his wife and children, Wei Guangxiu looks gentle as if he were a good father and husband, but he never thought that for his own family, he ruined the happiness of countless families.

On June 13th, 1997, Wei Guangxiu was executed. At the trial, he said with regret: "Why do people understand the value and meaning of life after losing it? I believe I am not the first to commit a crime, nor the last. Can those who have not committed crimes take me as a warning? This price is really too high. I regret it. "