Wu Yandong

Serial killer

11known / alleged victims

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Case Facts

Gender: male
Country: China
Location: Shenzhen, Guadong, China
Date of birth: 1965
Age at first offence: 34
Characteristics: financial gain, motive unknown
Victim profile: 4 women and 7 men
Method of murder: ???
Date(s) of murder: 1999 - 2003
Years active: 1999–2003
Date of arrest: —
Status: Sentenced to death
Sentenced to death for killing 11 people; serial killer admitted murdering 11 people, acting for money or outrage (case involved killings from 1999 to 2003; Wu Yandong originally sentenced to death in 2004 for killing the husband of his lover in June 2003, then the ruling was withdrawn and the case was transferred to Shenzhen police)

Case Summary

Case overview

Wu Yandong, 42, was accused of killing 11 people. He admitted the accusations in court, saying he killed people either for money or to give vent to his anger.

Background

Wu Yandong was once an employee of a company in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

Wu was originally sentenced to death by a local court in 2004 for killing the husband of his lover in June 2003. More clues indicating that he had killed others led to the discovery of more bodies. The court withdrew the ruling and transferred the case to Shenzhen police.

The offence

Wu Yandong was suspected of killing 11 people between 1999 and 2003. The suspected victims included his two other lovers and their daughter and sister, three truck owners and a motorcycle rider. During the period, he also carried out two paid killings.

Trial

Wu Yandong spoke at the opening of a court hearing in Shenzhen. He stood in the Shenzhen Municipal Intermediate People's Court and admitted all the accusations.

He said:

“I could not stop after the first time. I knew it (the trial) will come sooner or later,”

He also told the court he killed people either for money or to give vent to his anger.

Sentencing

Wu Yandong was sentenced to death.

Outcome

Wu Yandong admitted murdering 11 people and said he acted because of money or outrage.

Other details

The court hearing took place in Shenzhen.

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