Huang Yong

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Huang Yong
Birth name:	Huang Yong
Born:	1974 Henan, China
Died:	December 26, 2003
Cause of death:	Executed by a gunshot.
Penalty:	Death
Killings
Number of victims:	17-25
Span of killings:	September, 2001 through 2003
Country:	China
State(s):	Henan, Henan Province
Date apprehended:	November 2003

Huang Yong: (b. 1974 - December 26, 2003) was a Chinese serial killer accused of luring and murdering 17 teenagers boys although he is suspected of 25 murders between September 2001 and 2003.^[1]

In September, 2001 Huang started to lure young people, from video halls, Internet cafes and video game rooms to his house by offering to recommend them for well-paid jobs or to fund their schooling or sightseeing tours. In his house, Yong drugged the youths and raped them after strangling them with a rope.

In November of 2003, a 16 year-old boy Zhang Liang went to the police. The investigators at first were not convinced of Liang's story but the boy claimed that Yong had invited him to his apartment by offering him a job. But once he got there, Yong tried to strangle him and that he was into unconsciousness three times. After, when the young boy awoke, Yong said to him "I killed at least 25 people. You're number 26" but Liang escaped and reported him to the police.^[2]

Finally, the police believed Liang's story and arrested Yong who was sentenced to death on December 9, 2003 and executed by a gunshot to the head on December 26, 2003.

The motive of the Yong's crimes is on this phrase "I've always wanted to be an assassin since I was a kid, but I never had the chance," said Huang. ^[3]

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