Huang Yong
Former soldier, then a migrant worker. Lured boys from internet cafes and newspaper job offers. Sometimes he claimed to be developing a new video game, God Riding on a Wooden Horse. The game apparently involved being tied to a noodle rolling machine followed by strangulation.
Timeline
| c. 1974 |
Huang Yong born, Henan Province. |
| Sep 2001 |
Huang Yong takes his first victim. |
| 7 Nov 2003 |
Sixteen-year-old Zhang Liang, intended to be victim #26, abducted. Held captive for four days, Liang tries to escape twice. After choking Liang three times and three times reviving him, the boy somehow convinces Huang to let him free. |
| 12 Nov 2003 |
Huang Yong arrested after boy Zhang Liang goes to the police in the village of Dahuangzhuang, China. Eighteen bodies are found beneath Huang's house, and he confesses to 25 murders. |
| 9 Dec 2003 |
Huang Yong sentenced to death after a three hour public trial. |
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