Beijing serial killer executed

[TB4000]

BEIJING, China (AP) -- A man convicted of 67 murders was executed Saturday after what Chinese media said might be the country's longest, deadliest killing spree in modern history.
Yang Xinhua, 38, was put to death in Luohe, the city where he was convicted February 1 in the central province of Henan, state television and the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
Yang was convicted of killings in Henan and three other provinces during a crime spree that began in 2001 and ended with his capture in November. He sometimes traveled from town to town by bicycle.
Yang was executed by gunshot, Xinhua said.
Yang also was convicted of 23 rapes during his crime spree, which began following his release from a labor camp where he served a term for rape and theft, according to earlier reports.
Authorities barred the public and reporters from Yang's hour-long trial, citing privacy concerns in rape cases.

Little is known about his motives, but earlier reports said Yang had been dumped by his girlfriend and "desperately wanted to retaliate against society."
News reports described Yang as mentally unbalanced, saying he would begin rambling and shouting after a few seconds of conversation.
Yang confessed and police matched his DNA with that found at several crime scenes, earlier reports said.
Details of the victims' identities and details of their deaths weren't released.


67 people? Man, that's wild...how do you get away with something like that for so long? And I mean the Gacys and Jeffrey Dahmers of the world also.

[yoMAMA]

wow!

[rice cracker]

How terrifying. I wonder how they tracked him down.

[yoMAMA]

internet chat room?

[wait, that was duetschland]

[hooligan]

hm, like that green river murderer here. i guess there's crazies all over the world, especially in canada. ;)

[SunWuKong]

Originally Posted by rice cracker

How terrifying. I wonder how they tracked him down.

Yang - a migrant worker - was arrested in Cangzhou City in Hebei last November, during a routine inspection of entertainment venues.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3488047.stm

[Kuchana]

Originally Posted by hooligan

hm, like that green river murderer here. i guess there's crazies all over the world, especially in canada. ;)

Dang!!!! 67??! And 23 rapes???! That's a freaking lot there
And his words??? Sounds like a coldblooded b*stard to me.

I wonder what brought that green river killer to come forth? He could have lived in obscruity and the murders would have remained a mystery.

[Mr.Lum]

^thats alot anywhere. fucking loon. I hope they give him a bullet in the head/what ever kind of capitol punishment they use in China.

[Tao]

Originally Posted by Mr.Lum

^thats alot anywhere. fucking loon. I hope they give him a bullet in the head/what ever kind of capitol punishment they use in China.

the good thing about capital punishment in china is that the prisoner has to work to pay for his own bullet....talk about justice served! No tax payer money wasted here

[mr. x]

the scary thing is the worst serial killer in s. korea has never been caught, there was a movie about it recently

[hooligan]

fucking modern day jack the rippers and shit

[Mr.Lum]

Originally Posted by Tao

the good thing about capital punishment in china is that the prisoner has to work to pay for his own bullet....talk about justice served! No tax payer money wasted here

thats crazy! make him work for 100 bullets!

[Blue dice]

Well we can all rest assured on our soft pillows at night knowing that the serial killers overseas are still nothing compared to the ones America churns out daily.

Ted Bundy
John wayne Gacy
Edmund Kemper
Richard Ramirez
Ed Gein

the list goes on and on ;) It doesn't hurt that 95% of them are white males too heh.

[AliBabaIncorporated]

Originally Posted by Tao

the good thing about capital punishment in china is that the prisoner has to work to pay for his own bullet....talk about justice served! No tax payer money wasted here

I guess that's why they don't use the chair ... too damn expensive.

[tapestrybabe]

Ooooo...
this has nothing to do with beijing...
but speaking about serial killers...
do you know what all these
serial killers have in common??

David Berkowitz (son of sam)
ted bundy
The Hillside Stranglers
Nikki Reynolds
Joseph Kallinger,the The Philadelphia Shoemaker
Aileen Wuornos: America's First Female Serial Killer