Luo Shubiao | |
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Born | |
Died | January 20, 1995 Guangzhou, China | (aged 40)
Cause of death | Execution by shooting |
Other names | "The Rainy Night Butcher" |
Conviction(s) | Murder (19 counts) Robbery Theft |
Criminal penalty | Death |
Details | |
Victims | 19 |
Span of crimes | 1977; 1990 – 1994 |
Country | China |
State(s) | Guangdong |
Date apprehended | September 19, 1994 |
Luo Shubiao (Chinese: 罗树标; August 20, 1954 – January 20, 1995), known as The Rainy Night Butcher (Chinese: 雨夜屠夫; pinyin: Yǔyè túfū), was a Chinese serial killer and rapist. After committing a rape-murder in 1977 and serving a prison sentence for theft, he started targeting young women around Guangzhou, killing a further eighteen victims from 1990 to 1994. Luo would be convicted of these murders and subsequently executed a year later.