Gao Chengyong Explained

Gao Chengyong
Alias:"Chinese Jack the Ripper"
Birth Date:10 November 1964
Birth Place:Yuzhong County, Gansu, China
Death Place:Baiyin, Gansu, China
Conviction:Murder (11 counts)
Sexual assault
Robbery
Defiling of a corpse
Sentence:Death
Criminal Status:Executed
Victims:11
Beginyear:1988
Endyear:2002
Country:China
States:Baiyin, Gansu
Baotou, Inner Mongolia
Apprehended:26 August 2016

Gao Chengyong (; 10 November 1964 – 3 January 2019) was a Chinese serial killer and rapist. He mutilated the corpses of his victims, leading to his nickname of the "Chinese Jack the Ripper" in Chinese media. He is thought to have killed eleven women between 1988 and 2002.[1]

Sentenced to death and stripped of all his assets, he was executed by an undisclosed method in January 2019.

Murders

Over the course of 14 years, Gao raped, murdered and mutilated eleven women: ten in Baiyin, Gansu province, and one in Baotou, Inner Mongolia.[2] His youngest victim was eight years old. The first murder is thought to have originated in a grocery store he managed with his wife in Baiyin.[3] He would normally operate in daytime and follow his victims home, where he would strike.[4]

Gao raped his victims sometimes while they were alive and sometimes after having stabbed them to death. He removed the reproductive organs of some women after killing them[5] and cut the hands and breasts off of at least one of his victims, leading to the media comparing him to the unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper, who committed at least five murders in the East End of London in the 1880s.[6] He also robbed his victims.[7]

Gao's wife stated that she noticed that her husband would disappear from the house for days at a time; however she never suspected him to be a serial killer. Because he always came home with money, she assumed that he had left to do casual work.[8]

Victims

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Arrest, sentencing and execution

Police linked the eleven murders for the first time in 2004 and offered a reward of 200,000 yuan.[11] Gao avoided capture until his uncle was arrested for an unrelated, minor offence. During a routine DNA test, a close familial relationship to the killer was established. Gao was subsequently arrested at the grocery store where he worked in Baiyin on 26 August 2016.[12] According to the Ministry of Public Security, he confessed to the eleven murders.[13] Gao was sentenced to death and stripped of all his assets on 30 March 2018,[14] and was executed on 3 January 2019; the method of execution used was not disclosed.[15]

Personal life

Gao was married and had two children. He was from Qingcheng Town, Yuzhong County, Lanzhou, Gansu.

See also

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: 白银连环杀人案罪犯高承勇今日被执行死刑. https://web.archive.org/web/20190103210333/http://www.xinhuanet.com/legal/2019-01/03/c_1123941702.htm. dead. 3 January 2019. www.xinhuanet.com. 2019-01-03. 2019-02-08.
  3. News: China's 'Jack the Ripper' sentenced to death for 11 grisly murders. Connor. Neil. 30 March 2018. The Telegraph. 30 March 2018. en-GB. 0307-1235. https://web.archive.org/web/20180330061118/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/30/chinas-jack-ripper-sentenced-death-11-grisly-murders/. 30 March 2018. live.
  4. News: Revealed: the quiet, 'dutiful' son named one of China's most notorious serial killers. South China Morning Post. 30 March 2018. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20180331035801/http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2010590/revealed-quiet-dutiful-son-who-became-one-chinas-most-notorious. 31 March 2018. live.
  5. News: Yi . Ding . Acquaintances of serial killer, Gao Chengyong, baffled with his behavior, children under fire . 3 January 2019 . sino-us.com . 30 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170429204951/http://www.sino-us.com/10/19250093346.html . 29 April 2017 . dead .
  6. News: Killalea . Debra . Jack the Ripper of China: Wife of accused serial killer 'can't accept' murders . 3 January 2019 . www.news.com.au . 31 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161105195923/http://www.news.com.au/world/asia/jack-the-ripper-of-china-wife-of-accused-serial-killer-gao-chengyong-cant-accept-murders/news-story/fd25f57c443d947712b19c1469545a6a . 5 November 2016 . live .
  7. Web site: Chinese 'Jack the Ripper' executed . 3 January 2019 .
  8. Web site: Killalea . Debra . Wife of accused serial killer had no idea how he did it . news . 30 August 2016 . 6 October 2023.
  9. 高承勇抢劫、故意杀人、强奸、侮辱尸体死刑复核刑事裁定书 . https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E6%89%BF%E5%8B%87%E6%8A%A2%E5%8A%AB%E3%80%81%E6%95%85%E6%84%8F%E6%9D%80%E4%BA%BA%E3%80%81%E5%BC%BA%E5%A5%B8%E3%80%81%E4%BE%AE%E8%BE%B1%E5%B0%B8%E4%BD%93%E6%AD%BB%E5%88%91%E5%A4%8D%E6%A0%B8%E5%88%91%E4%BA%8B%E8%A3%81%E5%AE%9A%E4%B9%A6 . 24 December 2018 . Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China.
  10. News: 八任公安局长接力28年: "白银连环强奸杀人案"侦破始末. Tang. Ailin. Luo. Ting. 29 August 2016. Beijing News. 23 November 2023. zh.
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  12. News: The DNA breakthrough that led to Gansu Ripper's arrest, confession. NewsComAu. 30 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180330214513/http://www.news.com.au/world/asia/gao-chengyong-aka-chinese-jack-the-ripper-confesses-to-grisly-rape-murder-spree/news-story/a653ced295be24f66a2fd008ec07a20d. 30 March 2018. live.
  13. News: DNA tests lead police to Gansu 'Ripper'. China Daily. 29 August 2016. 1 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180404094308/http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016-08/29/content_26622076.htm. 4 April 2018. live.
  14. News: China's 'Jack the Ripper' sentenced to death. Afp. 30 March 2018. The Hindu. 30 March 2018. en-IN. 0971-751X. https://web.archive.org/web/20180331083050/http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/chinas-jack-the-ripper-sentenced-to-death/article23390491.ece. 31 March 2018. live.
  15. News: China's 'Jack the Ripper' Gao Chengyong executed for murders. BBC. 3 January 2019. 3 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190103130341/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-46743882. 3 January 2019. live.