Dong Wenyu
Dong Wenyu (; 1978 – November 29, 2007) was a Chinese serial killer, rapist and necrophile, responsible for a string of robbery-murders across three provinces between March and May 2006. He was sentenced to death and subsequently executed for his crimes the following year. Early life and crimes Wenyu was born in Pingyang County, Zhejiang in 1978. Wenyu's parents divorced while he was in elementary school, with his mother remarrying in another country, leaving Wenyu in the care of his grandmother. His father had a past checkered with theft convictions, and wasn't well-liked in the village. He became even less concerned about his son after the divorce, leading to the 11-year-old Wenyu running away from home while in the second grade. In 1998, he was sentenced to one year and six months imprisonment for malicious injury, and released in April 1999. A few months later, on September 10, he was rearrested for theft in Hangzhou, received a sentence of 2 years and six months, which expired on March 9, 2002. Murders, investigation and capture From March to May 2006, Wenyu drifted between the Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces, as well as others. His modus operandi was to climb through a