In the early morning of March 18 this year, a mysterious reporting phone call came to the Guangming Public Security Bureau of Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province. Renjing’s nerves suddenly became tense, because the content of this reporting phone number was consistent with what they had been trying to capture. related to an important suspect. So what did this mysterious phone call say, and who is the suspect Renjing wants to arrest?
The other party claimed to be a wanted criminal
Zhu Feng, instructor of the Criminal Brigade of Guangming Public Security Bureau: "This person called and asked if there was a reward for being wanted. I said yes, and asked him what information he knew? He said we made an appointment to meet."
According to the man on the phone, he had an argument with another strange man in Yuhong District, Shenyang City just a few minutes ago. During the quarrel, both parties showed provocative attitudes, and the other party suddenly claimed that he was a fugitive wanted by the police, surnamed Zhou.
The man looked up Zhou’s name online and found that the Chaoyang City police offered a reward for Zhou’s arrest, so he immediately called to report the crime. At the same time, the man also said that he had made an appointment with Zhou to meet again in half an hour. Through the man's report to the local public security agency in Shenyang, Zhu Feng conducted urgent communication with the Shenyang police.
The rape and robbery of Zhou is suspected of a major criminal crime
So who is the Zhou that the police want to arrest, and why is he wanted nationwide by the Chaoyang City police? The reward notice shows that the suspect Zhou, a native of Heishui Town, Jianping County, Chaoyang City, was born in 1986 and is suspected of major criminal crimes.
△Criminal suspect Zhou
So, what major criminal offense is Zhou suspected of? All this starts from 2015. On the evening of November 5, 2015, Chaoyang City Guangming Public Security Bureau received an anxious call from a man.
According to the man who came to call the police, his wife Wang may have been kidnapped. The police searched non-stop until around 2 a.m., when Wang returned home with a bruised nose and a swollen face. The mood was also very emotional. Wang told the police the next day what happened to her the night before, saying that she was robbed by a man and that the man sexually assaulted her during the robbery.
△Surveillance video
According to the victim Wang, the suspect is about 1.75 meters tall, male, in his 20s, with short hair and a strong smell of alcohol. The suspect told her at the time that he had a criminal record and was not afraid of being dealt with by the public security organs.
A few days later, another robbery case was reported. The method of committing the crime was similar.
After investigation by the police, the suspect’s crime location was successfully found, and the suspect’s disguise was found at the scene. Mineral water bottles filled with liquor and discarded cigarette butts. Through technical processing and the victim's identification of the photos, the police quickly identified the man, who was the suspect Zhou.
After a series of investigations and evidence collection, Zhou, who had a history of robbery, was listed as a suspect in this case. At this moment, a similar case came into the police's sight.
A case that occurred in Jinzhou occurred on the night after Zhou escaped from the crime. The victim’s experience was very similar to that of Wang. Through physical evidence examination, the police confirmed that it was left by the same person, namely the criminal suspect Zhou.
The police issued a nationwide arrest warrant to arrest Zhou
The criminal suspect Zhou committed crimes one after another in just two days, and his vicious behavior was outrageous. So, where will Zhou be at this time? The police immediately began to arrest the suspect Zhou. However, because Zhou's whereabouts could not be known through technical means, and his family had no contact with him, the whereabouts of the criminal suspect Zhou became a mystery for a while.
However, just when the case reached a deadlock, in September 2016, Zhou committed another crime. Zhou first committed a robbery in a cigarette shop. While robbing the cigarette shop, Zhou took off his mask and viciously told the lady in the cigarette shop that for his sake, he was not afraid of anything and would give him all the money.
Subsequently, Zhou also committed theft from a hand shop. Investigators discovered that after Zhou escaped from the diary shop, he immediately took a taxi to Jinzhou. However, when Renjing arrived in Jinzhou, Zhou disappeared again.
The police believe that the criminal suspect Zhou has reached the point where he makes a living from crime and is bound to commit crimes again, which will cause great harm to society. They decided to issue a wanted order to arrest Zhou nationwide.
How did the suspect evade capture?
Just one month after the wanted order was issued, the reporting phone call in the early morning gave the police hope. Through the matchmaking of Shenyang police, the suspect Zhou was finally arrested. Police from Guangming Branch rushed to Shenyang overnight. So, how did Zhou escape the pursuit of the police for more than a year?
Police investigation revealed that Zhou had lived in the mountains for many years and could live alone in the mountains for twenty or thirty days. In addition, the criminal suspect Zhou rarely communicated with others and rarely took transportation during the turnover process. This also prevented the police from tracking his whereabouts.
While arresting Zhou, the police also found a sharp knife and rope on the spot. What is even more unexpected is that Zhou actually contacted someone online to buy machinery and planned to rob a gold store. At present, the criminal suspect Zhou has been criminally detained by the Guangming Public Security Bureau of Chaoyang City in accordance with the law, and the case is under further investigation.