Song Jinghua

Song Jinghua (Chinese: 宋京華; 1979 – May 27, 2011) was a Chinese serial killer who murdered and dismembered nine women in Beijing between 2005 and 2007. He was subsequently executed for his crimes in 2011.

Biography 1996 murder Song was born in 1979 in Inner Mongolia and lived with his father and older brother. In 1996, Song and his brother agreed to rob and kill a taxi driver that had failed to pay the pair protection money just outside Gongti.

The day after the crime took place, both Song and his brother were arrested. Song noticed his brother's ex-girlfriend testifying on behalf of the prosecution as a witness at trial, making him believe she turned them in. His brother was sentenced to death and subsequently executed months later, while Song, then 17 years old, was given an eight-year prison term.