Chen Zongfa was sentenced to death by the Shanghai...

Chen Zongfa was sentenced to death by the Shanghai No 1 Intermediate People's Court following a conviction for double manslaughter. It was reported by the Shanghai Daily that Chen Zongfa had contacted a man producing fake certificates. The man's wife brought the certificate to Chen's apartment, but the latter stabbed her to death following an argument over the price. As the woman's son, who had accompanied her, started crying, he killed the boy by hitting him with a hammer. Chen dismembered the bodies and threw them into a nearby river the next day. He then called the man, claiming his wife and son had been kidnapped and demanded a ransom of 100,000 yuan.