After searching for several days, police instead found Zhang dead (Credit : weibo via SCMP)

Serial killer who had been hunted by the police was found dead

After a long time being a fugitive from the police because of his murder, a serial killer in the Central China region was found dead.

Zhang Juqian has been the most wanted figure after being the main suspect in the death of his neighbor in Dongkou County, Hunan Province. All victims are a family. They consist of two parents and two children. The children are five and seven years old, respectively. They were all killed on Saturday last week (25/5/2019).

Local residents told to local television stations that the 56-year-old man often quarreled with his neighbors. Including the neighbors he killed. They said that Zhang seemed to hold a grudge with the family he killed because of the fight. He is also hostile to other victims because of trivial problems. According to CCTV via SCMP on Tuesday (05/28/2019), four days before, Zhang was alleged to have killed another villager. This incident caused panic in the village.

During the first murder incident, Dongkou law enforcement mobilized thousands of armed police and also offered 20,000 yuan in prize money to find the culprit. After finding another victim last week, the amount of his prize money increased to 100,000 yuan.

But after searching for several days, the police instead found Zhang dead. His body was found in a village near Wugang on Tuesday afternoon at local time. According to local media, Zhang allegedly committed suicide by poisoning himself because he was afraid of being punished if caught by police.