The official name of the Passion Fruit Girl case should be "10.4 Lingshan Girl Rape and Murder Case."

Xiaoyan, a girl from Lingshan, Guangxi, is only 10 years old and comes from a poor family. Her father died early in her life while rescuing a child who had fallen into the water. She began to shoulder the burden of the family at a very young age, picking passion fruits in the fields. On October 4, 2018, she climbed the mountain alone to deliver passion fruits to the collection point. On her way home, she was raped and killed by Guang Yi, a 29-year-old man from the same village. According to the first-instance verdict, before committing the assault on Xiaoyan, the suspect prepared snakeskin bags and other items in advance. During the process, he strangled the victim's neck, pricked his eyes, put the victim in the snakeskin bag, rolled it, soaked it in water, and then threw it away. On the hillside, he also took away the 32 yuan she had earned from selling passion fruit. ?

Judgment

The court of first instance sentenced Yang Guangyi to death. Yang appealed on the grounds of surrender and mental disorder. The High Court did not identify mental problems in the second instance, but changed Yang's death sentence to a suspended death sentence on the grounds that "the surrender played an important role in the investigation of the case." This verdict caused dissatisfaction and complaints from the victim's family, and also caused an uproar in public opinion. The Supreme People's Court has decided to review the case.

On December 28, 2020, the case of the Passion Fruit Girl ushered in a turning point. The court revoked the original second instance verdict and sentenced the defendant Yang Guangyi to death. After the verdict came out, the victim's mother burst out in pain, releasing all the pain, grievance, and unwillingness in her heart.