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'''Li Wenxian''',{{Chinese script needed inline|date=August 2022}} also known as the '''Guangzhou Ripper''', was a Chinese serial killer who was active 1991–1996 in [[Guangzhou]], [[China]]. He killed 13 people.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schechter |first1=Harold |last2=Everitt |first2=David |orig-date=1996 |date=2012 |title=The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zM7ROzJPK2MC&pg=PA99 |location=New York |publisher=[[Pocket Books]] |via=[[Google Books]] |page=99 |isbn=978-1-4165-2174-7 |accessdate=2022-08-14 }}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=February 2023|reason=The other material in the cited paragraph seems blatantly incorrect, claiming that "it's unlikely that the world will ever hear" about any other Chinese serial killers, when in fact there were others reported in major news sources before the book was published.}}
'''Li Wenxiang''' ({{zh|c=李文香|hp=Lǐ Wénxiāng}};<ref name="1996年，轰动广州的连环杀手被捕，据他交代一共杀害13名女性">{{cite news |title=1996年，轰动广州的连环杀手被捕，据他交代一共杀害13名女性 |url=https://view.inews.qq.com/a/20220402A05QC000 |access-date=27 February 2023 |work=法制山西}}</ref> 1952 – after 1996), sometimes mistransliterated '''Li Wenxian''' and also known as the '''Guangzhou Ripper''', was a Chinese serial killer who was active between 1991 and 1996 in [[Guangzhou]], [[China]]. He killed 13 women and was sentenced to death.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schechter |first1=Harold |last2=Everitt |first2=David |orig-date=1996 |date=2012 |title=The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zM7ROzJPK2MC&pg=PA99 |location=New York |publisher=[[Pocket Books]] |via=[[Google Books]] |page=99 |isbn=978-1-4165-2174-7 |accessdate=2022-08-14 }}</ref>

== Victims ==
Li murdered 13 women, including a woman surnamed Wang (王某). Li also attacked a woman surnamed Xie (谢某).<ref name="1996年，轰动广州的连环杀手被捕，据他交代一共杀害13名女性" />

== Murder case ==
Li's first victim was found 22 February 1991, a woman in her early twenties. She had been mutilated; her genital region had been removed after the sexual assault took place. Li struck 5 more times over the next 6 months, typically following a similar method, with the bodies typically being left amongst the voluminous trash heaps overflowing in the city's "floating" district. Many of these residents were terribly impoverished, and Li's victims were exclusively [[sex workers]].<ref>[[Harold Schechter|Schechter, Harold]] (2003). ''The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers''. New York: [[Ballantine Books]]. pp. 119–120. {{isbn|0-345-46566-0}}. Retrieved 2023-02-26.</ref><ref>[[Michael Newton (author)|Newton, Michael]] (1999). ''Still at Large: A Casebook of 20th Century Serial Killers Who Eluded Justice''. Port Townsend, Washington: [[Loompanics]]. pp. 104–105.{{isbn|1-55950-184-7}}. Retrieved 2023-02-26 – via [[Internet Archive]].</ref>

The attacks abruptly stopped; given China's policy of downplaying such crimes, the matter was thought to have resolved itself, until another victim's corpse washed ashore in the then-British colony of [[Hong Kong]]. The [[South China Morning Post]] reported that the victim had to have buoyed from the mainland, as no corresponding missing persons reports had been filed. The victim had been slit nearly her entire body length, and then sewn together again, with fingers severed. The head of Guangzhou's provincial Criminal Investigation Department said: "In all my thirty years with the force, I have never come across anything like this. Perhaps he copied from the West."<ref>[[Michael Newton (author)|Newton, Michael]] (2000). ''The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers''. New York: Checkmark Books ([[Facts On File]]). pp. 139–140. {{isbn|0-681-28940-6}}. Retrieved 2023-02-26 – via [[Internet Archive]].</ref><ref>"Serial killer stalks city streets but press remains silent". ''[[Toronto Star]]''. [[Reuters]]. 1992-05-31. Archived from the original on 2023-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-26.</ref><ref>Chan, Gary (1992-03-02). "Police hunt 'Ripper' of Guangzhou". ''[[South China Morning Post]]''. p. 3. [[ProQuest (identifier)|ProQuest]] 1753802112</ref>

The murders continued, sometimes with the use of a hammer, until in November 1996, when Li inadvertently left a victim alive. She identified Li, who she knew to be a migrated ex-farmer who had joined a local construction crew. Li quickly confessed, stating his motivation as antipathy towards sex workers, as one had allegedly scammed him soon after his arrival in the city. The [[Intermediate People's Court]] found him guilty on all counts and sentenced him to death on 18 December 1996.<ref>Kohut, John (1992-06-14). "Canton Ripper's grisly record remains a secret". ''[[The Sunday Times]]''. Archived from the original on 2023-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-26.</ref><ref>Kohut, John (1992-06-20). "China living in ignorance of the 'Guangzhou Ripper': A serial killer is stalking the streets of Guangzhou, yet the authorities are determined no one should know this. John Kohut reports". ''[[South China Morning Post]]''. p. 22. [[ProQuest (identifier)|ProQuest]] 1541290542.</ref><ref>"'Sold organs in market'". ''[[The New Paper]]''. 1995-01-06. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-02-26 – via NewspaperSG. [[Ministry of Communications and Information]].</ref><ref>"He kept body parts in jars". ''[[The New Paper]]''. 1995-01-06. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-02-26 – via NewspaperSG. [[Ministry of Communications and Information]].</ref><ref>Chong, Yaw Yan (1995-01-06). "Guangzhou Ripper". ''[[The New Paper]]''. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-02-26 – via NewspaperSG. [[Ministry of Communications and Information]].</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of serial killers in China]]


==References==
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Latest revision as of 06:58, 13 June 2024

Li Wenxiang
Born1952
Meixian, Guangdong, China[1]
DiedDecember 1996 or thereafter
NationalityChinese
Other namesGuangzhou Ripper
OccupationMigrant construction worker
Conviction(s)Murder, rape, robbery
Criminal penaltyDeath sentence
Details
Victims13
Span of crimes
1991–1996
CountryChina
Location(s)Guangzhou

Li Wenxiang (Chinese: 李文香; pinyin: Lǐ Wénxiāng;[1] 1952 – after 1996), sometimes mistransliterated Li Wenxian and also known as the Guangzhou Ripper, was a Chinese serial killer who was active between 1991 and 1996 in Guangzhou, China. He killed 13 women and was sentenced to death.[2]

Victims

Li murdered 13 women, including a woman surnamed Wang (王某). Li also attacked a woman surnamed Xie (谢某).[1]

Murder case

Li's first victim was found 22 February 1991, a woman in her early twenties. She had been mutilated; her genital region had been removed after the sexual assault took place. Li struck 5 more times over the next 6 months, typically following a similar method, with the bodies typically being left amongst the voluminous trash heaps overflowing in the city's "floating" district. Many of these residents were terribly impoverished, and Li's victims were exclusively

sex workers.[3][4]

The attacks abruptly stopped; given China's policy of downplaying such crimes, the matter was thought to have resolved itself, until another victim's corpse washed ashore in the then-British colony of Hong Kong. The South China Morning Post reported that the victim had to have buoyed from the mainland, as no corresponding missing persons reports had been filed. The victim had been slit nearly her entire body length, and then sewn together again, with fingers severed. The head of Guangzhou's provincial Criminal Investigation Department said: "In all my thirty years with the force, I have never come across anything like this. Perhaps he copied from the West."[5][6][7]

The murders continued, sometimes with the use of a hammer, until in November 1996, when Li inadvertently left a victim alive. She identified Li, who she knew to be a migrated ex-farmer who had joined a local construction crew. Li quickly confessed, stating his motivation as antipathy towards sex workers, as one had allegedly scammed him soon after his arrival in the city. The

Intermediate People's Court found him guilty on all counts and sentenced him to death on 18 December 1996.[8][9][10][11][12]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "1996年，轰动广州的连环杀手被捕，据他交代一共杀害13名女性". 法制山西. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  2. ISBN 978-1-4165-2174-7. Retrieved 2022-08-14 – via Google Books
    .
  3. ISBN 0-345-46566-0
    . Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  4. ISBN 1-55950-184-7. Retrieved 2023-02-26 – via Internet Archive
    .
  5. ISBN 0-681-28940-6. Retrieved 2023-02-26 – via Internet Archive
    .
  6. ^ "Serial killer stalks city streets but press remains silent". Toronto Star. Reuters. 1992-05-31. Archived from the original on 2023-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  7. ProQuest
    1753802112
  8. ^ Kohut, John (1992-06-14). "Canton Ripper's grisly record remains a secret". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 2023-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  9. ProQuest
    1541290542.
  10. ^ "'Sold organs in market'". The New Paper. 1995-01-06. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-02-26 – via NewspaperSG. Ministry of Communications and Information.
  11. ^ "He kept body parts in jars". The New Paper. 1995-01-06. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-02-26 – via NewspaperSG. Ministry of Communications and Information.
  12. ^ Chong, Yaw Yan (1995-01-06). "Guangzhou Ripper". The New Paper. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-02-26 – via NewspaperSG. Ministry of Communications and Information.
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