On January 5, 2010, the Luliang County Public Security Bureau in Yunnan Province suddenly received a mysterious phone call. The caller said he was a villager from Baiyanghe Village, Sanchahe Town, Luliang County, and that a 52-year-old villager named Bao Changsheng had not been seen for four or five days. The caller worried that Bao Changsheng had been murdered and hoped the police would investigate. When the police went to the village to investigate, the caller did not reveal his identity, but one thing he reported was true: Bao Changsheng had indeed disappeared during that period.

It was learned that Bao Changsheng was an old resident of the village. He had divorced three years earlier, his daughter had married far away seven years ago, and his two sons were working elsewhere. Bao Changsheng himself had rarely left home for decades. When he had nothing to do, he would wander around the village every day and chat with others. This time, after being missing for many days, the villagers had no idea where he had gone, which inevitably aroused suspicion.

Just as the police were full of doubts, a villager reported that Bao Changsheng’s eldest son, Bao Jiangang, had suddenly returned … Read More