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The father-in-law killed his son-in-law's family of three , and the murderer's daughter wrote a letter of understanding using the identity of the victim's family, allowing her father to change from death penalty to reprieve , and You can also inherit all the property of your son-in-law's family . The victim's immediate family members stated that we have never written a letter of understanding and will never write one.
If this incident sounds puzzling to you, this tragic and vicious incident is something that even TV dramas would not dare to film like this. But does appear in real life.
On January 10, 2019, this appalling case occurred in Pengzhou, Chengdu, Sichuan. After the incident happened, it also caused an uproar in society. What was the reason that allowed his father-in-law to kill his family? As the murderer's daughter and the victim's wife, was the letter of understanding she wrote legally valid?
The murderer's son-in-law is named Zou Shuo. He was born in , Maochengzi Town, Gongzhuling City, Jilin Province. His parents are teachers at a local high school. His father’s name is Zou Chenghai and he is a key teacher in the school. He is approachable in life and conscientious as a teacher. He is deeply loved by the students at the school. His mother Yang Huifen is also a class teacher at the school and has won the title of outstanding teacher many times. Zou Shuo grew up in such a family. Although his parents were both teachers and their family situation was average, they doted on Zou Shuo very much. And Zou Shuo was finally admitted to Hebei Chengde Petroleum College . It was during this college period that Zou Shuo met his future wife Zhang Yu, a woman who also changed the fate of his family.
When he was a freshman, the school held a sports meeting, and Zou Shuo actively participated in the opening ceremony of the school sports meeting. Before the official start of the sports meeting, all students participating in the performance gathered in the playground for rehearsal. What is different from the past is that this performance was performed by several people from each class in the same department. Among them is Zhang Yu.
The first meeting between the two began here.
Everyone is born to be a protagonist, and Zou Shuo saw his heroine Zhang Yu at a glance among this crowd, and this love at first sight also began a new chapter.
After practicing the show together for a few days, Zou Shuo walked up to Zhang Yu after one day's rehearsal and invited her to have dinner with her in the evening. Zhang Yu also agreed. In the evening, Zou Shuo boldly confessed his love to her. Affection. Zou Shuo had already thought that if he was rejected this time, he would slowly launch his own courtship offensive in the future.
But what he didn't expect was that Zhang Yu agreed immediately, because when they first met, Zhang Yu also fell in love with her at first sight. After that, they studied together, ate together, and went out to play together.
The relationship between the two has always been very stable, and every day they are like a young couple in first love. Zhang Yu also has the idea of taking Zou Shuo home to meet his parents. Soon Zou Shuo met his future father-in-law Zhang Zhijun. When I met Zhang Zhijun for the first time, I thought this young man was nice, gentle and calm, and he also chatted about everyday things at the dinner table. When asked about his family situation, Zhang Zhijun's expression suddenly changed. Zou Shuo said that he came from a small county town. His parents were teachers and he had a rural registered permanent residence.
And Zhang Zhijun served as a soldier when he was young. After retiring from the army, he also made a fortune by doing business, which was much superior to Zou Shuo's family.
Out of his preference for his daughter, he wanted Zhang Yu to marry into a family with a more superior family in the future. I don’t want my daughter to marry into this poor boy’s family. So I started to oppose it.
Zou Shuo also saw the change in Zhang Zhijun's face after talking about his family situation. He knew that his future father-in-law was not satisfied with his family.
After the meeting, the two returned to school, and Zhang Zhijun also called Zhang Yu and sent a message to persuade them to break up.. Zhang Yu said no, we are doing well now and have plans to get married. We will work hard to make money to support our family in the future. It is impossible for to break us up.Zhang Zhijun was also so angry that he gritted his teeth, but there was nothing he could do when he saw his daughter being so persistent.
After graduation, Zhang Yu also secretly obtained a marriage certificate with Zou Shuo.
Zhang Zhijun saw this situation and was forced to accept this son-in-law. But after the marriage, Zhang Zhijun never gave Zou Shuo a good look.
Zhang Zhijun has a very tough attitude when it comes to marriage. Buying a car, buying a house, giving gifts, and getting engaged are all indispensable. In the end, Zou Shuo's parents spent 360,000 to complete the wedding , which was all the old couple's property.
With the support of his parents, the wedding went smoothly, but even at the wedding scene, Zhang Zhijun had a cold face from beginning to end.
Zou Shuo and Zhang Yu both work in Sichuan, and they have also begun the life of a novice couple.
Such a simple happy life for the two of them did not last long. Zou Shuo and Zhang Yu work in the same company. Zou Shuo works as an inspector, with a monthly salary of 6,000, and he often travels on business, but his salary is not as high as Zhang Yu's. Zou Shuo still gave the money to Zhang Yu every month. Zou Shuo has no bad habits, so the money he left was only one month's living expenses.
But this did not change Zhang Zhijun's attitude towards Zou Shuo, he still disliked him.
After a few years of marriage, the two saved some money and welcomed the fruit of their love.
The appearance of a child is a happy thing. But for the young couple, this has become a major problem that escalates the conflict.
Zou Shuo's work did not decrease when Zhang Yu was pregnant. He still traveled frequently, so he couldn't take care of his wife many times. Because of the close proximity, Zhang Zhijun and his wife moved to Zou Shuo's home to take care of their pregnant daughter . He originally disliked his son-in-law, but now he was even more dissatisfied.
Since Zou Shuo is always on business trips and sometimes doesn't come back for ten days and a half, Zhang Zhijun and his wife are worried about everything at home. Zhang Zhijun complains about his son-in-law almost every day. His wife is pregnant and he is away from home for ten days and a half. Why is a job that earns so little money more important than his wife or his own children? Under this kind of daily nagging, Zhang Yu, who had been pregnant for three years, was gradually brainwashed by her father. He also thought of ways to blame Zou Shuo.
After finally returning home from a business trip, he was scolded. Zou Shuo had become accustomed to his father-in-law's cynicism, and he no longer expected his father-in-law to recognize him as his son-in-law. His wife then complained that he initially thought it was because she was having a temper tantrum because of her pregnancy. After all, she did not take good care of her, and it was normal for her to scold him. Zou Shuo always admitted his mistakes and gave in repeatedly.
But one night, Zou Shuo, who was working outside, received a call from his wife. Zhang Yu said: I will give you a day tomorrow. If you don’t come back, we will divorce. This made Zou Shuo panic inside. Even if he said it out of temper, Zou Shuo hurried back early the next morning after hearing this.
After returning home, they had another quarrel over some trivial matters, but this time Zou Shuo, who had been giving in, did not take it. quarreled with Zhang Yu for the first time . Giving in blindly does not mean weakness, it is just an expression of love for you.
Zhang Zhijun and his wife also helped their daughter to bombard Zou Shuo. Zou Shuo slammed the door and left in anger, thinking he would calm down for a few days before going back to apologize. He just wanted to vent his emotions. What he never expected was that when Zou Shuo came home a few days later, he saw that all his clothes and daily necessities were thrown outside the door. Even the lock cylinder of the door was replaced with . This completely disappointed Zou Shuo. His wife, who had always been reasonable, became so extreme.
Zhang Zhijun asked Zhang Yu and Zou Shuo to divorce in October 2017. Zhang Yu now gets angry whenever he thinks of Zou Shuo's embarrassment, and Zou Shuzai cannot enter the house because all his salary has been given to his wife, and he has Without money, he could only borrow money from friends. rented a 40-square-meter cabin outside to live in. At this time, her daughter was only 3 months old..
Zou Shuo wanted to see his daughter, but Zhang Yu refused. Instead of seeing his daughter, she saw a divorce agreement . But because the child's matter was not resolved, the two did not divorce.In November, Zou Shuo filed for divorce in court. Because the child was under one year old, the divorce lawsuit failed without waiting for the hearing.
Until 2019, neither of them had successfully divorced. During this period, they tried to negotiate to end the marriage many times, but they were all broken up by Zhang Yu and Zhang Zhijun's unreasonable demands.
In August, Zou Shuo filed for divorce again, saying that everything would be decided by the court, and custody of his daughter could also be given to Zhang Yu. However, after the court session, the verdict was still that they could not divorce, which made Zou Shuo physically and mentally exhausted. The two of them have never been divorced
Zou Shuo did not tell his parents about everything that happened here. Every time he called his parents, he always reported good news but not bad news. This made Zou Shuo's parents never know that the young couple had reached this point. .
Since the son has not been back to his hometown in Northeast China for two years, the old couple has not seen their granddaughter, and they miss their son. So I came to see the child after seeing a doctor. Zou Shuo had no choice but to agree.
No one thought that this would be a farewell to this world.
After his parents arrived in Chengdu, Zou Shuo came to greet them. Zou Shuo's parents asked: Where are my wife and my eldest granddaughter? After Zou Shuo took his parents home, he told them everything that had happened in the past two years, which made the two teachers who were role models furious. My son has suffered so much injustice here, and this justice must be repaid.
On January 10, 2019 , Zou Shuo, a respected teacher, brought his parents to Zhang Yu’s house. Zou's father and Zou's mother originally wanted to resolve this problem peacefully through negotiation, but they underestimated Zhang Zhijun's arrogant and arrogant attitude .
As soon as he reached the front, Zhang Zhijun roared: What are you doing? The whole family is here looking for trouble?
Zhang Zhijun once thought that the family of three was here to cause trouble. Then they continued to chat with an arrogant attitude. Father Zou and mother Zou were both teachers, and their words were well-founded and they were solving problems calmly.
But Zhang Zhijun is different. He has not gone to school for a few years since he was a child, and his temper is also very bad. There are words of greetings to the family in every word. When talking about the ownership of the children after the divorce, Zhang Zhijun seemed very excited. He thought that the other party was here to snatch the children and take custody of his granddaughter. Zhang Zhijun said:
has been doing it for a long time and it turns out that you are here to snatch the children. I tell you it is impossible.
After saying this, he walked to the kitchen, took out a boning knife and threatened the Zou family to leave immediately. This matter was not negotiable.
However, the Zou couple did not give in on the issue of child custody and were still prepared to fight for it. Zhang Zhijun stabbed Zou Shuo and his parents without waiting for the other party to speak. Killed with a knife, the three died on the spot and fell into a pool of blood. Zhang Yu was dumbfounded for a moment. Zhang Zhijun slowly recovered, dropped the knife in his hand and collapsed on the ground.
Dad, how can you kill someone? Zhang Yu was so frightened at that time. Zhang Yu still said tremblingly: Dad, please go and surrender.
Zhang Zhijun then called the police. When the police arrived at the scene, they were shocked by the tragic scene.
subsequently arrested Zhang Zhijun and brought the Zou family, who was lying in a pool of blood, to the police station for forensic identification. Zou Shuo and his mother were stabbed twice in the heart, while his father was killed with one stab, all of which were fatal.
On November 26, 2019, , Zhang Zhijun was sentenced to death for intentional homicide, and deprived of political rights for life.
Zhang Zhijun appealed against the verdict. He kept emphasizing in the court that the other party came to snatch the child and also beat my family. In order to protect my family, I had no choice but to fight back and accidentally killed someone. The police returned to the crime scene again to investigate and collect evidence, and found no signs of fighting in the house, and the items in the house were neatly arranged and not damaged. Therefore, upheld the original judgment of .
Since Zhang Yu had no involvement in this vicious incident, she was not an accomplice, and she was also Zou Shuo's legal wife. Zhang Yu has the right to inherit all property.
However, Zhang Yu had a father-daughter relationship with the murderer, and was a family member of the victim’s family. She took advantage of the vague legal definition of this identity and wrote a letter of understanding using the identity of the victim’s family.
On October 28, 2020, Sichuan Provincial Higher People’s Court pronounced the second instance verdict.
Because the victim obtained a letter of understanding from the victim’s family, the first-instance verdict is now dismissed and a new trial is granted. is changed to a suspended death sentence with a two-year suspended sentence.
As we all know, a suspended death sentence is different from the death penalty. If you behave well in prison, you have the opportunity to have your sentence reduced to life.
After the second trial verdict came out, it caused an uproar in the society. Not only because the devil with three lives in his hand still has a chance to live, but more importantly, is this letter of understanding to the victim's family really legally effective?
Finally, when other relatives of the Zou family learned of the result, they were filled with anger and questioned the result of the second trial. Zhang Yu is a close relative of the murderer Zhang Zhijun. The letter of understanding she presented cannot replace the feelings of the victim's close relatives.
On December 13, 2021, the Sichuan Provincial Higher People’s Court ushered in its third hearing.
In this trial, the letter of understanding provided by Zhang Yu to the victim’s family was overturned. Although Zhang Yu also belongs to the victim’s family, he cannot fully represent the victim’s family and does not have the final legal effect.
In the final verdict, Zhang Zhijun was sentenced to death and deprived of political rights for life.
The final verdict finally allowed the murderer to get the punishment he deserved, and also comforted the souls of the Zou family of three.
On June 21, 2022, Zhang Zhijun was executed in Chengdu, Sichuan.
The law is the bottom line that human society must abide by. Those who break the limit must be punished. The purpose of the existence of law is to protect fairness and realize justice to the greatest extent.
When morality conflicts with the law, the law will not remain unchanged, because the law has been gradually improved since the beginning of human history, combined with the opinions of the masses, and formed a mandatory binding force through voting. People with evil intentions will not be allowed to take advantage of legal loopholes to do things that undermine moral bottom lines.
