Father Murdered, 7-year-old Twin Daughters Call for Police

■ Twin daughters silent for three days
■ Mother wonders how to help them with the gloomy

Father killed at home, 7-year-old twin daughters broke in the scene and called for police. Today, the body for the victim Li Jun gets burned, and the twin sisters Wenwen and Tingting goes back to school.

Witnessing the scene first for the murder three days ago, the sisters survived. However, it is difficult for these 7-year-old children to calm down.

Father killed
7-year-old twins called for police

In Oct. 31, Wenwen and Tingting were taking a nap at home in a residential quarter in Shuanglin North Road when their father Li Jun attended a visitor. “The sisters must have come to their father’s room because they heard something unusual.” Coming back home, Li Jun’s wife knew nothing about the happening. “The room was horribly cruel and full of blood.” Said the people who saw the scene.

There was a hospital about 500 meters away from the home, and the 120 ambulance arrived first. Police station at Xinhong Road got announced too.

It was the twin sisters who called for police. However, Li Jun was diagnosed as having died before the ambulance arrived.

Murderer arrested
Case being tried

The twin sisters soon got protected by the police. The neighbors said that the children knew the murderer. “Were it not for acquaintance, it would not be so quiet.” This guess got proven in the evening of Oct. 31. Ten hours after the killing, the murderer got captured. “He seems to work in a neighboring unit.”Chenghua police branch has started with the investigation and the case is being tried further. “What a pair of thoughtful twins. They must be suffering a lot from their father’s death.”

Children kept silent
Hardly said anything for three days

After the funeral, the twins’ mother Zhang Mei quitted her job. What she worried most is that the twins may be gloomy. “The children haven’t talked a lot for three days.” “Mom, I am going to meet uncle.” A twin said suddenly, and Zhang Mei replied, permitting her.

While waiting for their uncle, the sisters regained the childlike naivety and made a scene together. The long lost laughter reappeared in the alley away from the mourning hall.

Wenwen said with some pride, “We have known how to call for police for a long time, and our father taught us.” Then she became a little bit solemn and said, “We will go back to school when it’s finished here.”

Reporter: Huang Yun
Intern reporter: Wang Yao
Photographer: Xiao Xiao
Pseudonyms used in the article.