On July 2 1 day, Xiangtan Intermediate People's Court made the fourth first-instance judgment on the "love murder case" of Xiangtan University 12 years ago: the defendant Zeng Aiyun was innocent and Chen Huazhang was sentenced to life imprisonment. Li Xia, the heroine of the "love murder case" in Shenzhen, was invited to meet our reporter.
12 years ago, Xiangtan prosecutors believed that Chen Huazhang and Zeng Aiyun conspired to kill Zhou Yuheng, a graduate student of the school. Before Zhou Yuheng was killed that night, he drank the water in which Chen Huazhang put sleeping pills. When he was sleepy in the chair in Room 308, the South Building of Xiangtan University, Zeng Aiyun strangled his neck with a rope from behind, causing his death. Zeng and Chen dragged Zhou's body into the elevator to the first floor and dumped it on the grass outside the building. The prosecution found out that Zeng Aiyun's motive for killing was close relationship with Zhou's girlfriend Li Xia. Zhou informed Li Xia of her previous misconduct and persuaded Li Xia, which caused Zeng's dissatisfaction. However, when Zeng Aiyun was questioned by the police for the first time, he insisted that he had been with Li Xia all the time that night. After several interrogations, he changed his mouth and admitted to killing Zhou Yuheng. However, on July 14, 2004, Xiangtan Intermediate People's Court heard the case for the first time, and he retracted his confession in court, claiming that he had been tortured and made a guilty confession. After all the trials, he denied killing anyone. It is not only the "fuse" of this case, but also the key witness of the case. The importance of Li Xia's testimony is beyond doubt. But unfortunately, she didn't appear in court from beginning to end. Within two days of the murder, Li Xia made five confessions in Xiangtan University Office, Xiangtan University Security Office and Xiangtan City Public Security Bureau Major Crimes Brigade, all of which claimed that Zeng Aiyun had been with her all the time that night. However, on 29 October, 65438/kloc-0, Li Xia was detained in the detention center on suspicion of harboring crimes, and was released on 29 June, 2003. In this 13 day, Li Xia suddenly changed her previous confession and made five confessions that Zeng Aiyun left her for about 20 minutes on the night of the murder. Zhong Zhiyuan, Zeng Aiyun's defense lawyer, said that these 20 minutes were the time when the police decided that Zhou Yuheng was killed. After Li Xia was released, accompanied by her relatives, she took the initiative to change her confession in the Major Crimes Brigade of Xiangtan Public Security Bureau, saying that Zeng Aiyun had been with her that night. According to Zhong Zhiyuan, a statement about my confession written by Li Xia said that a case handler surnamed Zhao threatened her: "You saw it yourself and Zeng Aiyun admitted it. If you don't admit it, you will go to jail. " In May, 2004, Li Xia was put into the detention center again. After that, his testimony was repeated frequently. Sometimes it is called "I can't remember" whether Zeng Aiyun left herself that night, sometimes it is called "leaving for 20 minutes", and sometimes it is said that she lied when she made a transcript before, "fulfilling the wishes of the case handlers". 12 years later, almost at the same time that Zeng Aiyun was acquitted, Li Xia, who was married and pregnant in Shenzhen, accepted an exclusive interview with the newspaper. As the heroine of the murder case, Li Xia's life was completely changed: she was forced to drop out of school and leave Hunan. Like thousands of rural girls in Qian Qian, she tried to build her own family and start a new life in a completely strange city. She said she was trying to get rid of the past. She wants peace, but people always ask about the past. For the sake of family and friends, she can only protect herself and be silent. "I think, when things are over, I secretly go to see where the smart and handsome jade brother is buried. Ask the unfamiliar excellent Zeng Aiyun, what's the matter? Can only be sneaky ... "
On the afternoon of July 2 1 2065438, Zeng Aiyun returned to his hometown from the court and met his mother in Jianxin Village, Yejiping Town, Shaodong County, Hunan Province. Jia Yanan, a reporter of the newspaper, said, "People who are the least willing to deal with the public security law will have sequelae when they see it." Paper: Xiangtan Intermediate People's Court just acquitted Zeng Aiyun. What do you think of this verdict? Li Xia: It is finally over. It's been 1 1 year. I hope it's over. ..... ah. Thesis: Not guilty verdict is a good thing. Why sigh? Li Xia: Although he is now acquitted, I am also worried that he will not adapt when he comes out. After all, he has been locked up in it for so many years, and the judicial process is too slow. Thesis: Zeng Aiyun was acquitted. You were also convicted of perjury. Have you considered reversing the case? Li Xia: A few days ago, the people in the court asked me if I wanted to appeal and asked me to go to Xiangtan. I didn't promise. At that time, I didn't know what happened to Zeng Aiyun's case. He didn't get the result. What have I done? I'm pregnant. I don't have time and energy. I can't go far. I really have no strength. Moreover, it has been so long since this incident, and it is not an urgent matter to complain for a day or two. When I have energy, I may do it. This matter is still very troublesome. The last thing I want to do is to deal with people in the public security court. I think they all have sequelae. And the innocence they give is innocent? I am innocent. I don't think I can move for six months now. We'll talk about it then. "Zhou Yuheng asked a lot, and the relationship was relatively stiff during that time." Newspaper: Do you want to see Zeng Aiyun again? Li Xia: I had planned to visit Hunan after it was over. I haven't seen anyone since that year, and I haven't attended a class reunion. I used to think about things and secretly went to see where the smart and handsome jade brother was buried. Ask the unfamiliar excellent Zeng Aiyun, what's the matter? Just secretly ... Zhou Yuheng's father and they are very sad. The newspaper: If I can't go back now, will I call Zeng Aiyun? Want to say something to him? Li Xia: I have deleted all their contact information. How do I contact them and from where? Actually, I don't know Zeng Aiyun very well. His mood is different from mine. What does he want to do most now? I don't know, either. If you look at it from different standpoints, you can understand it. Whether it is reasonable or not, of course it is reasonable. Now I'm more sensitive. When they saw me, I thought I was a sensitive person. I don't know what he thinks, how can a person's mind be clear? After all, I haven't seen you for over ten years. Maybe he thinks I've changed, but I think my personality hasn't changed much, just getting old. Newspaper: Do you want to say something to Chen Huazhang? Li Xia: I don't know him very well. WSJ: How do you know Zhou Yuheng? Li Xia: When I was a freshman, I met Zhou Yuheng in the dormitory of a senior boy and a junior girl. Busy freshman year. I didn't stay with him until my sophomore year. He is very good. He did well in the college entrance examination, but he was transferred to Xiangtan University without filling in his volunteers. When he was in college, whether he was doing research or projects, many formulas were very complicated, and he knew that he had quite strong hands-on ability. And he is handsome, almost as tall as Zeng Aiyun. His family is very demanding of him. I went to their house once when I was a junior, and found that his family also had high requirements for his daughter-in-law. Sometimes Zhou Yuheng takes me home. At that time, it took only a few tens of dollars to get from Xiangtan to Chenzhou by train. Their family always says that too much money is wasted. Actually, I paid for it most of the time. In the third year of senior high school, I got seven or eight thousand scholarships, and Zhou Yuheng also lent my money to his hometown to buy a computer. Their family conditions are not very good. They borrowed a lot of money for him and her sister to study. I heard they borrowed 50 thousand. I'm just saying I don't want to study, just come out and earn money. However, the school ranked me according to my grades, and gave me a place to walk my graduate students. Zhou Yuheng left with a master's degree, which will take five years. He wanted me to go to graduate school, too, and I did. However, when I was promoted to Grade One, I found that his demands were too much, and my parents' expectations for me were different from theirs. Relations were strained during that time. Newspaper: What is Zeng Aiyun like in your eyes? Li Xia: Zeng Aiyun and I are graduate students, majoring in a major. I didn't know him very well because we had only been in school for a month before the incident and some classes were not together. Zeng Aiyun is very good. He used to be an undergraduate at Xiangtan University, in the same class as Chen Huazhang. He studied by himself for two years and then took the postgraduate entrance examination. If I have to go to work first and then take the postgraduate entrance examination, I won't pass the exam and I won't be able to settle down. "I was shut up for days and nights, without sleeping or eating." Newspaper: What was the situation on the night of the incident? Li Xia: I really don't know what happened and I can't figure it out. That night, I went to find Zhou Yuheng with Zeng Aiyun. On the way to find him, I was taken to the school security office by the police. I was locked up for several days and nights, and I was not allowed to sleep or eat. I just sat there and kept asking me questions without telling me what happened. I didn't even know Zhou Yuheng was dead. Later, I was transferred to the detention center and held for more than a year. When I was held in Xiangtan detention center, a girl came a month later than me and was also a student of our school. His boyfriend couldn't lend others thousands of dollars, so he killed them and threw them everywhere. The girl knows what happened, but she won't give up her boyfriend. She really knows the whole thing, if I know it as well as others, but I know nothing. Until now, I still think about it occasionally, but I still can't figure it out. "I have made decorations in the detention center. Now I see those things and I will not buy them." Newspaper: I heard that someone has come to you to testify in recent years? Li Xia: People from the procuratorate have been here for the past two years. No matter who comes to see me, they all ask if I was with Zeng Aiyun when it happened. Why do you have to drag me into this? Why bother? Can't people live a better life? I have done everything I should. Newspaper: Why don't you want to go back and testify? Li Xia: I want peace. Actually, I'm trying to live. For me, my father died ... so many uncles and grandfathers helped me ... many people can't repay me, but I want to protect myself for them. I was held in the detention center for more than a year, and I have never seen my father. At that time, the detention center said that the case was serious and wouldn't let me see it. Zeng Aiyun's family, at least his brother, knows the law. My parents are farmers. How can I know anything? The detention center is far from home. My father has leg problems, but he often visits me from Chenzhou to the detention center. He finally walked so far that the detention center just wouldn't let me see him. I can only receive clothes brought by my father. Finally, when I came out, my father died in less than two years. Anyway, I think my parents are losing money. They raised me for so many years, went to college, got involved in this matter, and finally paid off the money. He died again, and they didn't enjoy the blessing (sobbing). Newspaper: It must be hard to be locked up in a detention center. Li Xia: I had a bad time in the detention center. About a dozen people live in a room. No bed, just a board. Everyone sleeps together. I go in at the latest and live in the outermost place near the door. The quilt was taken away by others, and I was freezing to death at night. Every meal is sauerkraut soup and cabbage soup, and there is nothing to eat. It's basically a big bucket of boiling water, which is very sad. I have to work in it. I was making decorations at that time. Working long hours every day, my hands are still numb. Now that I see those things, I won't buy them. Anyway, it is not easy for me to be locked in, and it is not easy for my parents to be outside. It's bad luck to encounter such a thing. Who knew this would happen? Newspaper: In this case, you and your family bear a heavy burden. Li Xia: No matter Yu Heng's parents or Zeng Aiyun's parents ... they should all hate my dad. This is not right. Hate me. This has nothing to do with my father ... in fact, other people and their families are miserable and involved in such a thing. Even if Chen Huazhang is really bad, his family is not bad. Newspaper: This case has changed your life. Li Xia: After more than a year in the detention center, the court convicted me of perjury (suspended sentence), and I was directly taken home by my father. I came out and found myself expelled from school. In fact, my graduate student only studied for a month, but my father and lawyer couldn't help it when they found a school, and they still said they would drop out. I didn't even go to school, so my dad went to help me with the formalities. I threw everything away at school. Besides being expelled from school, my party member is gone. In my senior year, I was preparing to join the party. When the accident happened, he was about to become a full member. As a result, party member disappeared. When preparing for party member's oath, I still feel honored. Newspaper: What should I do after dropping out of school? Li Xia: After I stayed at home for a month or two, I went to work in Guangdong. Because my family has spent all their business money and borrowed money from others, I want to pay it off as soon as possible. Newspaper: What are you doing now? Li Xia: I am doing product inspection in an optical company. Newspaper: Are you satisfied with this job? Li Xia: Not bad, but the salary is relatively low. Newspaper: Have you ever wondered what your life would be like now if it hadn't happened at that time? Or do you believe in fate like your husband? Li Xia: No, if ... this happens, it's bad luck. Who knew this would happen?