Man executed for killing baby in stolen vehicle
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A CAR thief who killed a baby in March was executed yesterday in Changchun, capital of the northeast Jilin Province, People’s Daily reported.
Zhou Xijun, 49, was convicted of killing the two-month-old baby after stealing the SUV where the baby’s parents had left the child in Changchun in March.
Zhou was sentenced to death on May 27. The provincial higher court upheld the death term on July 24.
The court said Zhou surrendered when he was cornered. Considering the gravity of his crime and the social upheaval it had caused, he could not be treated leniently, the court added.
The tragic incident occurred on March 4 when the boy’s parents left the baby in the back seat of the SUV and entered a grocery store in Changchun.
Zhou, who said he lost his car after losing his managerial job, drove off with the SUV but did not see the baby in the car. After the baby boy started crying, a frightened Zhou strangled him to death and buried his body at Yongfa Township. Zhou said he was aware of the massive manhunt in the city from the radio.
He wanted to put the baby by the roadside but was afraid he would freeze to death. He said he killed the baby in panic.
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