After being imprisoned, Li Yuqian insisted on appealing.
In September 2020, the Guizhou Provincial High Court publicly pronounced its verdict on Li Yuqian’s intentional homicide case, ruling to revoke the original first and second instance verdicts and send the case back to Liupanshui Intermediate People’s Court for retrial.
On November 16, 2022, Li Yuzeng’s second brother Li Yushan told the Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter that the case of the defendant Li Yuzeng who was sent back for retrial for intentional homicide and the defendant Meng Mouhong who was guilty of harboring , will be heard in the Huaxi District People's Court of Guiyang City on the morning of November 23.
Li Yuqian took a group photo with his wife and children while visiting Hongfu Temple
A man accused of killing his wife and children and conspiring with his lover to burn their corpses was sentenced to a suspended death sentence after the final trial
Xiaoxiang Morning News previously According to reports, in March 2001, Li Yuqian, then director of the cast iron workshop and party branch secretary of the Liupanshui Shuicheng Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., reported to the police that his wife Xie Chuming and 3-year-old son Li Minghao had been living together since the early morning of March 20. mysteriously disappeared. Since his mysterious disappearance in the early morning of March 20, searches have been fruitless. He also provided clues to the police that Meng Mouhong, a female ironworks worker with whom he had an affair, was suspected of committing the crime.
Li Yuqian was born in 1969 in Dafang County, Bijie. He is the only one of his five brothers and sisters who has attended college. He and Xie Chuming met on campus and registered their marriage in 1997. Before the incident, Li Yuqian's extramarital affair was discovered by Xie Chuming. Xie Chuming had filed for divorce from Li Yuqian. Xie Chuming and Meng Mouhong also had a dispute.
The house with clothes hanging out and an unsealed balcony was the home of Li Yuqian and Xie Chuming before the incident. It was also the murder scene identified by the original verdict
In the end, Li Yuqian was identified as the murderer, and Meng A certain Hong was identified as an "accomplice" who assisted in dismembering and dumping the body.
The case went through four trials. In 2001, Li Yuqian was sentenced to death in the first trial. He retracted his confession in court, claiming that he had been tortured to extract a confession. Later, the Guizhou Provincial Higher People's Court ruled that "the facts were unclear and the evidence was insufficient." Therefore, the case was sent back to Liupanshui Higher People's Court for retrial.
In the end, the Guizhou Provincial High Court made the final judgment on October 12, 2004: Li Yuqian was sentenced to death with a suspended death sentence for intentional homicide, and Meng Mouhong was sentenced to eight years in prison for harboring.
After being imprisoned, he continued to complain. The victim’s parents did not believe that he was the murderer
For the next ten years, Li Yuqian and his family continued to complain. His wife and the parents of the victim Xie Chuming also believed that he was the murderer. She was not the murderer. Xie Chuming's mother, Zhang Linhe, went to the detention center to visit Li Yuqian, despite her children's objections, and then filed a complaint with Li Yuqian's handwritten materials. Li Yuqian's previous defense lawyers Wang Wanqiong and Xu Xin both believed that the main evidence in this case was the confessions of Li Yuqian and Meng Mouhong, but the two confessions were contradictory and inconsistent with the testimony of other witnesses, and their legality and authenticity were questionable.
In April 2016, Li Yucen’s case attracted public attention after being reported by the media, and the Guizhou Provincial High Court decided to initiate a retrial. On September 24, 2020, the Guizhou Provincial High Court opened a court session to rehear the case. The trial lasted nearly 8 hours. Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter learned from the observers that the lawyer defended Li Yuqian's innocence and presented 12 sets of new evidence to the court, proving that Li Yuqian did not have the possibility of committing a crime in terms of the time of committing the crime and the motive for the crime.
In a face-to-face interview with a Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter, 77-year-old Zhang Linhe, an observer who attended the court, said that she, like other family members, believed that Li Yuqian was the murderer of her daughter and grandson, but she had no contact with the incident. After talking to several witnesses at the time, she strengthened her belief that her son-in-law did not commit murder.
In September 2020, the victim Xie Chuming’s mother Zhang Linhe came to participate in the retrial of Li Yuzeng’s case
On September 28, 2020, the Guizhou Provincial High Court made public the case of Li Yuzeng’s intentional homicide The verdict was pronounced and the original first and second instance rulings were revoked and the case was sent back to Liupanshui Intermediate People's Court for retrial. The Guizhou Provincial High Court held that the original first-instance procedure violated relevant procedural regulations such as witnesses appearing in court to testify, presenting identification conclusions, and re-identification. The original judgment found that Li Yuzeng’s criminal facts of intentional homicide were doubtful and inconsistent, which may affect a fair trial.
The case will be retried, and the victim’s mother cannot appear in court due to illness
It is worth noting that as of now, Li Yuzeng’s remaining sentence is only one month. On the evening of November 16, Li Yuzeng’s second brother Li Yushan told the Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter that in September this year, they changed the defense lawyer at Li Yuzeng’s insistence. When the retrial begins, family members will attend the court. In addition, they learned from the court that Meng Mouhong, the defendant in the original trial whose whereabouts were unknown after being released from prison, may attend the trial.
Li Yushan said that due to various reasons, his family members have not been able to meet with Li Yuqian since the trial began in September 2020. Li Yuqian called from prison and mentioned that he hoped to continue to appeal, and the defense lawyer will continue to defend him. Plea not guilty.
In September 2020, Li Yuqian’s second brother Li Yushan was interviewed by the media outside the court
The father of the victim Xie Chuming passed away many years ago. Since then, his mother Zhang Linhe has been cooperating with Li Yushan in his defense. .
During the court hearing in September 2020, Zhang Linhe, who suffered from high blood pressure and cerebral infarction, left the court many times and walked outside the court to rest. She told the judge that her only request was to find the real murderer and comfort the spirits of her daughter and grandson.
Li Yushan said that he would visit Zhang Linhe's home every Spring Festival. In March this year, Zhang Linhe was bedridden due to physical reasons and has difficulty moving to this day. Therefore, he did not notify Zhang Linhe of the hearing. "She Now that I'm sick, I can't bear to talk to her and increase her psychological burden."
Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter Jiang Ziwen