Jian Xueliang
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- Gender
- male
- Country
- China
- Location
- Shaanxi, China
- Date of birth
- 1969
- Age at first offence
- 35
- Characteristics
- revenge, rape
- Victim profile
- E ight members of a family
- Method of murder
- Beating with an axe
- Date(s) of murder
- August 18, 2004
- Years active
- 2004
- Date of arrest
- Same day
- Status
-
Executed
Executed on September 27, 2004
Background
Jian Xueliang was a farmer in Mingxing village of Zhashui county in Shaanxi Province. He was 35 years old.
Before the manslaying, Jian Xueliang had served a sentence for raping a woman who had just married into the family.
The offence
Jian Xueliang hacked eight members of a family to death with an axe.
The killings included two children aged four and 10, and a pair of 15-year-old twins. Jian killed Yang Rongwen and his wife, Yang Rongwen’s four-year-old daughter, Yang Rongwen’s ten-year-old nephew, and Yang Rongwen’s 80-year-old grandfather. He then went to the home of Yang Rongyuan, Yang Rongwen’s brother, and killed Yang Rongyuan and the twins of his.
Jian Xueliang carried out the manslaying out of revenge in mid August.
Investigation
Local policemen caught Jian.
Jian was arrested in western Shaanxi Province after the killings.
Arrest
Jian was caught on August 18.
Trial
On September 14, the Shangluo City Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Jian Xueliang to death penalty, depriving him of his political rights to life.
The sentencing included civil compensation of 12,000 yuan (about US$1,450) against him.
Jian Xueliang did not appeal following the first trial.
Outcome
Jian Xueliang was executed on September 27, 2004 in Zhashui county of Shaanxi Province.
Other details
The killings occurred in the village of Yang Rongwen’s family in Mingxing village of the county.
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