Qian Yongchang
[2] The only child of poor farmers, he dropped out of school early as he had no interest in studying and instead started working odd jobs to support his family.[3] Owing to his eloquent speech and easygoing personality, Qian attracted the attention of several women, including the wife of the contractor, with whom he began an affair.[2] Once he returned to Shilin Yi, the now 58-year-old Qian decided it would be impractical to continue with the robberies because of his old age, but as he had no practical skills and was unwilling to work, he instead resorted to stealing whatever he could and then selling it.[1] This only worsened once he started paying attention to other people of his age, all of whom had children and even grandchildren, leaving him to feel alone and jealous of their happy lives.His modus operandi was to stake out cheap hotels where poor migrants workers usually lived, and once he selected his victim, he would break into their room while they were asleep and repeatedly bludgeon them with a hammer, before finally stealing all of their savings.[1] Eventually, the investigators received a tip from a hotel attendant on 27 October, in which the man claimed to have seen Qian boarding a minibus bound from Luxi City to Qujing.