Fa Ziying and Lao Rongzhi

Fa Ziying (Chinese: 法子英; pinyin: Fǎ Ziyīng; 1 October 1964 – 28 December 1999) and Lao Rongzhi (Chinese: 劳荣枝; pinyin: Láo Róngzhī; 25 December 1974 – 18 December 2023) were a pair of Chinese serial killers, con artists, and robbers born in Jiujiang, Jiangxi. Fa and Lao met first during a wedding of their friend in 1993. Between 1996 and 1999, after becoming a romantic couple, Fa and Lao committed a series of crimes, including kidnapping, robbery, and murder in Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Anhui. A total of seven people were killed and a total of over 100,000 yuan were stolen by the couple (roughly ¥30,000 through property theft and ¥70,000 through kidnapping ransom).

Fa was arrested on 23 July 1999 when a ransom handoff was interrupted by police. He was subsequently sentenced to death, deprived of political rights for life, and fined 20,000 yuan, by the Hefei Intermediate People's Court. On 28 December 1999, Fa was executed by firing squad.

Lao, who had been on the run since 1999, was captured and arrested on 28 November 2019 in Xiamen. She was sentenced to death in September 2021 by the Nanchang Intermediate People's Court for intentional homicide, kidnapping, and robbery. She was also stripped of her political rights for life and had all of her personal property confiscated. Although Lao admitted to being an accomplice to Fa, she claimed to have only done so in fear of losing her own life, as Fa had physically and sexually abused her throughout their relationship. She appealed her conviction in court, though a second trial in August 2022 upheld the death sentence. Lao was executed on 18 December 2023 with the approval of the Supreme People's Court.