The carton of this TV became the key to solving the case.
After investigation, an electrical appliance company on Austin Road in Kowloon found out the company that represents this brand and learned that this brand was launched in Hong Kong in early April 1972. The cardboard boxes containing the corpses may have been sold on Hong Kong Island from 1973 to the day of the incident.
After testing, it was confirmed that the cartons were the same as those sold by the agent. To trace the origins of the welders, the task force questioned 750 people who worked at Happy Valley electrical stores. Find 50 different cars and try to put the carton in the trunk.
Finally, the suspect Ouyang Bingqiang was found, and the court finally found him guilty.
The highlight of this case is that the "Carton Corpse Case" is the first cardboard box corpse case in Hong Kong. The case took a turn for the worse and caused a sensation in Hong Kong. This is also the first case in Hong Kong's history where forensic technology was used to successfully convict a person without the presence of witnesses. But whether Ouyang Bingqiang is really a murderer is still controversial.
It is said that the police called his house in the middle of the night pretending to be the deceased, but he had no reaction at all. Then he still refused to admit to killing anyone. When he signed the confession, he also said: "Although I signed it, it does not mean that I did it." After the verdict, Ouyang Bingqiang's family also appealed many times, but they were all rejected.
On September 11, 2002, Ouyang Bingqiang, the protagonist of this case, who had been in prison for 28 years, was released on parole, but Qiang’s wife and her child disappeared. The reporter asked Ouyang Shouqiang if he had killed anyone in those years. Ouyang Shouqiang said that this case has come to an end and he will never mention it again in his lifetime...
Ouyang Bingqiang, a famous Hong Kong ex-convict. In 1974, he killed 16-year-old female student Bian and hid her body in a cardboard box, which became the sensational "Happy Valley Cardboard Case". Later, scientific verification proved that the murderer was Ouyang himself. He was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment. But some Hong Kong people living at the time believed he was innocent.
It is worth mentioning that the person who appealed for Ouyang Bingqiang was Tang Jiahua, the current member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council.
He was released on September 11, 2002, and changed his name to start a new life. At 5:30 pm on February 16, 1974, Bian left home.
At 6:30 pm that day: Called the female classmate Chen Binbin and met at the Happy Valley Tram Terminal. But when Chen arrived, there was no sign of the deceased.
At around 7 a.m. on December 17, Hu Yongkang, a staff member of a veterinary clinic, found a cardboard box lying on the roadside outside his door, containing the naked body of the deceased. The body of the deceased was found inside a Hitachi S67B TV box. When Bea (Chief Inspector of the Crime Unit, ten years in the police force) took over the case at the end of 1965 and February 1974, he went to the Happy Valley Amway Beverage Company several times, searched a small room in the workshop, and seized wires and a welding machine. , becoming an important clue to solving the case.
After testing, it was confirmed that the cartons were the same as those sold by the agent. To trace the origins of the welders, the task force interviewed 750 people who worked at Happy Valley electrical stores. Find 50 different cars and try to put the carton in the trunk.
65438, on October 3, 1975, the police raided Anmei Beverage Company. At that time, the defendant (Ouyang Bingqiang) seemed a little panicked, and the nerves in his neck kept beating. Then he was calm and did not object to the police search. Police summoned two mechanical and scientific experts to the scene and found red plastic wires, a collection of cardboard boxes, two newspapers and a collection of clothes in a small room.
On October 4, 65438, the police went to the defendant’s residence in Chai Wan, took him back to the police station for questioning, and released him a few days later.
On October 22, 65438, the police went to the above address and seized 23 items, most of which were the defendant's clothes.
The police found out that the defendant was on duty from 6:00 pm to 65:00 438+00:30 on February 6, 2016, and he held the company's door key.
On March 27, police arrested the defendant at his apartment while he was taking a shower.
At the police headquarters, the defendant told the photo next to her that he did not know her, had never seen her borrow a mobile phone, and had never seen Anmei’s cardboard box. On the day of the incident, there were no strange sounds. 17 Return to work as usual in the morning and return to Anmei in the evening.
I didn't know there was a murder. When I went home in the evening, I learned about the case from my wife and son. Her wife smiled and said that he was responsible for the murder. He said: "If I do it, it will be sharp."
The defendant expressed interest in watching James Bond movies, horror movies and movies about new weapons. Christian fraternity's name for Sunday
Defendant: White shirt with tie, neat hair, calm expression, looking at his wife defecating in the court from time to time.
Prosecutor: This case will rely on a large amount of circumstantial evidence. If the evidence is combined beyond a reasonable doubt, the person will be convicted.
Quote three metaphors: stockings, light, and puzzle.
Jury: 5 men and 2 women
The prosecutor guided the jury: This case depends on a lot of circumstantial evidence. If the evidence combined is beyond a reasonable doubt, the defendant can be convicted. It is impossible to be 100% sure in any situation.
There are 15 prosecution witnesses in this case. There are more than 200 exhibits in the court, most of which are men's and women's woolen coats, underwear and underwear. Three 12-foot by 3-foot tables are placed in the court. .
One of the most special exhibits is a special plastic model, curled up in a cardboard box, for a television.
Other exhibits: welding machines, spanners, wires, iron saws, accounts; in addition, there are twenty or thirty small white boxes containing hair, burnt pubic hair and clothing fibers. The exhibits were also photographed in color and displayed in court. They are circumstantial evidence in scientific forensics, used to indirectly prove a criminal offense committed by the perpetrator without witnesses.
The autopsy report found:
-The victim was strangled with her right arm.
-Time of death: 6pm to early morning on February 6, 2016.
-The victim was still a virgin
-The victim's nipples were cut off
-The victim's pubic hair was burned (by a welder)
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Scientific verification part:
There were some clothing fibers on the body and nails of the deceased, just like the clothing fibers in the defendant's home.
——There was wire glue in the hair of the deceased, and this physical evidence was also found on Amei.
-There are fiber hairs of deceased women in the workshop. ——There was a piece of paper on the elbow of the deceased with two Chinese characters for "Unsoldered" printed on it.
The next day
Demonstration of corpse removal: The policewoman pretended to be a corpse and squatted in a cardboard box, and Bea demonstrated how to move the corpse. Afterwards, the presiding judge and the jury went to Happy Valley for a live demonstration. The whole process took about 20 minutes and attracted many passers-by.
Circumstantial evidence suggests that cartons could be passed through large doors or narrow doors and dragged out of doors.
Bian’s brother (the last person to see the deceased) confessed:
——While cooking at home that afternoon. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, he received a call and chatted for two or three minutes. Seven or eight minutes later, he answered another call and chatted for another three minutes.
——Bian went out at 5 o'clock and returned to Causeway Bay Night School, an hour and a half earlier than usual.
——Before leaving, he said he was going to the News Building to help his brother advertise.
The police confirmed that the cardboard box containing the body had been placed in the workshop. They also confirmed that the fibers on the back, left foot and left arm of the deceased woman were the same as those on the defendant's suit.
Day Four
The forensic examiner demonstrated how the deceased was killed;
-The victim died of suffocation.
-Bian was initially estimated to have died between 9pm and 12pm. Later, it was discovered that the time of death was advanced to 6 o'clock to 12 o'clock after strangulation, because the body temperature would be higher after strangulation (the body temperature dropped by 1.5 degrees per hour after death).
- It is inferred from the cell reaction that the pubic hair of the deceased was burned and the nipples were cut after death. The deceased's pubic hair was not burned by fire, because there were obvious boundaries, and it was obviously burned by a hot object.
-The victim was still a virgin
--Based on blood cell sedimentation, it was confirmed that the deceased was moved into the box within one to two hours after death.
-There were food residues in the stomach of the deceased, and he had eaten three hours before death (usually food will not be excreted from the stomach until four hours after eating)
The fifth day
< p>Scientific verification part:——There was a piece of paper in the deceased's hand that said "not welded", and there was a piece of paper in the workshop that said "repaired", which was consistent with the appearance.
-Green copper wire was found among the charred ashes of the deceased's pubic hair.
Carpet search for evidence: the process of using a vacuum cleaner to pick up subtle evidence at a scene
The judge told people at the scene not to take deep breaths to avoid blowing away the evidence. As soon as this statement was made, the audience burst into laughter. The jury should be careful.
Day 6
Two girls testified in court that the defendant burned their skirts on the ferry in the summer of 1973.
Defendant’s defense:
-He did not burn his skirt. He thought the person who did it was despicable. He often crossed Kwun Tong from Shau Kei Wan and never noticed anyone who looked like him.
Fiber is also a coincidence.
-There are many coincidences in this case, * * * 13.
-He wore that suit because he was going to a co-worker's party that night, but he hung it up at home first. He thought the fibers might have come from shaking hands with someone at a party, or from someone wearing the same boxy clothes as him, and the fibers didn't necessarily come from his suit.
-When the police saw him, he looked panicked. Actually it was because he drank some wine that night.
Defense Attorney:
-It is unfair for the police to focus on tracking the defendant.
——When Chen Binbin received the call from the deceased, he heard voices behind him, possibly from the teahouse. It took the deceased one hour to travel from Shau Kei Wan to Happy Valley. He was eating and advertising on the road...
——In order to prove the defendant's guilt, the prosecutor deliberately stated the time of death earlier. Ouyang Bingqiang's "former death row inmate" was released from prison
In the blink of an eye, 28 years have passed, and Ouyang Bingqiang, who was imprisoned at the age of 26, is already a gray-haired "Uncle". It is reported that in view of Ouyang Bingqiang's good behavior in prison, the Prison Review Committee of the Hong Kong Correctional Services Department believed that he was eligible for release and allowed him to be released from prison early, but he still needs to live in a halfway house designated by the police for two years and undergo supervision. After two years, the review board will review his situation again, and if he behaves well, he can officially leave the ranks of ex-offenders and return to freedom.
According to common practice, prisoners who have been in jail for a long time will be accompanied by the Correctional Services Department staff responsible for supervision on a "Hong Kong tour" to re-understand the social environment. On September 16, accompanied by Correctional Services Department personnel, Ouyang Bingqiang made his first public appearance, taking public transportation and taxis, and told the media about his feelings after being released from prison. Over the past 28 years, Hong Kong has undergone tremendous changes. In Ouyang Bingqiang's eyes, everything is new. The more people there are, the higher the buildings will be. What was then the tallest building is now inconspicuous. He learned to use supermarkets, mobile phones, computers, subways, octopuses, and other new things one by one and made a lot of jokes.
Although many years have passed, when faced with the culprit of the carton case, the question that reporters are most concerned about is "Have you killed anyone in those years?" In this regard, Ouyang Bingqiang just calmly said He said: "This case has come to an end and I don't want to mention it again in my lifetime." He said that the case happened many years ago and the fact that he was convicted cannot be rewritten. He only hopes for encouragement, forgiveness and support from society. Regarding this release, he said: "Not every prisoner who has been imprisoned for life can get out. Thanks to the authorities for the gift, I will cherish it." After being released from prison, Ouyang Bingqiang was most happy to be with his sister who had been with him for many years. Reunion. However, his wife, who had fully supported him all those years, disappeared and was said to have remarried with her daughter.
Ouyang Bingqiang’s release from prison caused different reactions in Hong Kong society. Most of the police officers who handled the case back then have retired. They all doubted the actions of the authorities and believed that Ouyang Bingqiang was a highly intelligent criminal who was still dangerous. Many young citizens have no impression of this case. They sympathize with Ouyang Bingqiang, who is now old, and think that "he spent the best years of his life in prison, and this punishment is enough." Interestingly, although Hong Kong Things have changed a lot, but Mrs. Lin, the cleaning lady who first discovered the "body hidden in the cardboard box", is still working as a cleaner in the same place. When the reporter asked her to express her opinion, the 70-year-old woman shook her head and said she didn’t want to mention it anymore, saying it was scary to think about it!