The missing girl in Xiangyang was killed by her neighbor. What criminal responsibility will the murderer face?

In the early morning of August 6th, laohekou city Public Security Bureau official Weibo issued a warning notice. On August 2nd 19: 50, the command center of laohekou city Public Security Bureau received an alarm from the masses. A 7-year-old girl who lives in Li Lou Town went out that afternoon and never came back. After receiving the police, the public security organs attached great importance to it, immediately launched an investigation, visited and filed a case, and set up a special class to search for the girl's whereabouts through various measures. After many days of visits and careful investigation, the suspect Gao (male, 57 years old, from laohekou city) was arrested on the evening of August 5. After the trial, Gao truthfully confessed the criminal facts of killing the girl. At present, the case is under further investigation.

Paragraph 3 of Article 20 of China's Criminal Law stipulates that taking defensive actions against violent crimes such as assault, murder, robbery, rape and kidnapping that seriously endanger personal safety, resulting in casualties of unlawful infringers, is justifiable defense and does not bear criminal responsibility.

According to Article 236 of China's Criminal Law, whoever rapes a woman by violence, coercion or other means shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years. Whoever commits adultery with a young girl under the age of 14 shall be given a heavier punishment for rape, and the maximum penalty is death.

Article 236 Whoever rapes a woman by violence, coercion or other means shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than 10 years. Whoever rapes a girl under the age of 14 shall be given a heavier punishment for rape.

Whoever rapes a woman or rapes a young girl under any of the following circumstances shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years, life imprisonment or death:

(a) Rape of women and young girls;

(2) raping a woman or a number of young girls;

(3) raping a woman in public in a public place;

(four) gang rape of more than two people;

(5) Causing serious injury, death or other serious consequences to the victim.

Article 237 Whoever forcibly molests or insults women by violence, coercion or other means shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention.

Whoever gathers people in public places to fight or commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years.

? Whoever molests children shall be given a heavier punishment in accordance with the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs.

So the killer will face the death penalty