In 2004, forensic officers who were working on the cold case murders linked one man to all of these 11 killings due to its similar characteristics.
His targets were women wearing red. Once he set his eyes on his target, he will wait and follow them home before raping and killing them. He often cut their throats and mutilate their bodies through ways like cutting off their body parts such as breasts, hands, ears. He earned the nickname of "Chinese Jack the Ripper" by cutting off the reproductive organs of his victims.The youngest victim was only 8 years old.
Police released a statement saying that, "The suspect has a sexual perversion and hates women. He's reclusive and unsociable, but patient".
The reason why Gao managed to escape the police despite the forensic evidence for almost three decades is because as a resident of a small village, he avoided the requirement to provide his fingerprints for the Chinese national identity cards. However, this escape took a turn for a change when his uncle was arrested for a minor offense and a sample of his DNA was taken. It is through the DNA sample that police determined that he was related to the killer.
Cheers to the power of technology and DNA!
As to why he suddenly stopped killing in 2002, the reason is still unknown.
