Hu Daoping
Murderer
Zhou Kehua
Murderer · China · 2004
Zhou Kehua (simplified Chinese: 周克华 ; traditional Chinese: 周克華 ; pinyin: Zhōu K…
10 victims
Chen Zhaofeng
Murderer · China · 2001
Chen Zhaofeng was born in Mudanjiang, a city in Northeast China’s Heilongjiang…
2 victims
Li Hao
Murderer · China · 2009
Li Hao was convicted of murder, rape, illegal detention, organized prostitution…
2 victims
Tang Yongming
Murderer · China · 2008
Tang Yongming (47) attacked three people at the 13th-century Drum Tower in Beij…
1 victim
Serge Fortin
Mass murderer · France · 1999
October 2001 — His sentence was commuted to 30 years in prison. · October 2003…
4 victims
Udo Proksch
Mass murderer · Indian Ocean · 1977
Udo Proksch was an Austrian businessman and industrialist. He was convicted of…
6 victims
Michael Robinson
Murderer · USA · 1994
Michael Robinson was prosecuted in the Ninth Judicial Circuit, Orange County, u…
1 victim
Martin Tankleff
Homicide · USA · 1988
Martin (“Marty”) Tankleff (born August 29, 1971) was a Long Island, New York re…
2 victims
Tyler Hadley
Homicide · USA · 2011
Tyler Hadley was convicted of killing his parents, Mary Jo Hadley and Blake Had…
2 victims
- Gender
- male
- Country
- China
- Location
- Yuechi County, Sichuan Province, China
- Date of birth
- 1971
- Age at first offence
- 32
- Characteristics
- serial rapist, robbery, escape attempt, murder for hire, fugitive, police officer
- Victim profile
- Two jewelry shop owners, two policemen, and three security guards
- Method of murder
- Shooting
- Date(s) of murder
- 2003 - 2005
- Years active
- 2003–2005
- Date of arrest
- September 10, 2005
- Status
-
Sentenced to death
Sentenced to death for serial killings during robberies; caught in Sichuan province and sentenced after the crimes
Background
Hu Daoping, also known as Wu Jun, was 34 years old and was from Kaixian County, southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. Hu was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment for theft in Chongqing in 1995. He broke out of jail and escaped to Sichuan in June 1998.
The offence
Local police said Hu had killed seven people in the past two years. The seven victims included two jewelry shop owners, two policemen, and three security guards, and they were murdered during robberies. Police also said Hu robbed jewelry and cash during robberies.
Hu also attempted to rob the treasury of the Yuchi County Post Office in January this year and attempted to rob a jewelry shop in the city of Guang'an in April this year, but both crimes failed.
Investigation
Local police said the killings and robberies were linked to Hu Daoping. Police stated Hu was caught in Yuechi County in southwest China’s Sichuan Province.
Police said Hu robbed more than 400,000 yuan (about 49,300 US dollars) worth of jewelries from the Jintai Jewelry Shop in Yuechi on Dec. 1, 2003, and robbed 180,000 yuan (some 22,200 US dollars) in cash from the Baimiao Credit Cooperative on September 6 this year. Police said Hu was responsible for these robberies.
Arrest
Hu Daoping was caught on September 10 by the Yuchi Public Security Bureau.
Trial
Hu was sentenced to death.
Outcome
Hu was convicted and sentenced to death for the serial killings during robberies.
Other details
The case involved robbing jewelries from the Jintai Jewelry Shop in Yuechi County and robbing cash from the Baimiao Credit Cooperative in Yuechi County, and it included the attempted robberies of the treasury of the Yuchi County Post Office and a jewelry shop in the city of Guang'an.
Spotted an error, or have more information about this case?