Yang xinhai “Killing people is very usual, nothing special” By Timothy Baxter “Killing people is very usual, nothing special”

Serial Killer A serial killer is someone who kills multiple times. Most of the time a serial killer did not have a normal childhood The reason for killing is not for money but because something has made the killer want to dominate other people. Before a serial killer kills they normally have a stage where they commit smaller crimes.

History Yang Xinhai was born in July, 1968 His family was one of the poorest in their village He was considered the most cleaver out him and his 3 siblings in his family, but he was also considered to be the most shy.

Rebellious Stage In 1985, at only the age of 17, Yang had dropped out of school. Yang spent several years traveling around China, working as a hired labor man. In 1988 he committed his first real crime, theft; comparatively small as what was to come. He stole again in 1991 and both times he was sent to a labor camp.

Messing with Fate In 1996, Yang was sentenced to five years in prison for attempted rape but was released early, 1999. Before Yang went to prison, he had a girlfriend. When Yang got out this was no longer the case. Yang’s girlfriend had left him because of his sentences. Yang’s killings began in 1999, shortly after he was released from prison.

Killings Begin All of Yang’s killings were similar Weapon choice: axes, hammers, shovels, etc. Time that killings occur: At night. Type of people he killed: Farmers. Choice of attire during killings: Different clothes every time and large shoes.

Last Known Attack In 2003, Yang entered a home and killed a husband, child, and raped a wife. After he raped her he beat her to death, or so he thought. She survived the attack was a big help in the investigation, but she died just a couple days later.

Arrested On November 3, 2003, Yang was accidently arrested. Cops were suspicious when they were doing a routine search of a local venue, and decided to bring Yang into questioning. They later found out that Yang was wanted for rapes and murders in 4 different provinces.

“Monster Killer” The media named Yang the “Monster Killer” after he confessed to killing 65 people, and raping 23 women. All this was done in a span of 4 years. On February 1st, 2004, Yang was sentenced to death and on February 14th he was executed by gunshot to the back of the head.

Motives The media thought that Yang’s motives for all his killings is to rebel against the world for his girlfriend breaking up with him. He had other thoughts. “When I killed people I had a desire (to kill more). This inspired me to kill more. I don’t care whether they deserve to live or not. It’s none of my concern. I have no desire to be apart of society. Society is not my concern.

Works Cited http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Xinhai http://eotd.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/14-february-2004- yang-xinhai/ http://www.geocities.com/verbal_plainfield/q- z/xinhai.html