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Chen Yongfeng (Chinese: 陈勇锋; 1983 – April 7, 2004), also known as The Butcher, was a Chinese serial killer who was responsible for killing and dismembering ten people whom he lured to his home in Wenzhou in 2003. For his crimes, he was sentenced to death and executed in 2004.^[1][2]

The exact date of birth isn't clear, but Chen was born sometime in 1983 in Qingtian County, Zhejiang. He left school after graduating from elementary school, afterwards he started to shuffle around odd jobs, including fluffing cotton for nearly half a decade. However, by the age of 19, he appeared to have found work as a garbage collector.^[1]

Beginning on February 24, 2003, Chen began his killing spree. His first murder occurred when he wanted to buy a disinfection cabinet but had not enough cash.^[3][4] He would find his victims at trash collecting sites he frequently visited for work, and invite them to his home where he would kill them, succeeding this he robbed their corpses of money and jewelry, then dismembered them and discarded the subsequent remains in a river.^[2][1] He was arrested on May 24, after being caught in the act of dismembering his tenth and final murder victim. In a subsequent house search, police found that Chen had stolen a total of 10,032 yuan.^[1]

The trial of Chen Yongfeng was opened by the Wenzhou Intermediate People's Court later that year, with him half admitting his guilt. At the same time, there was a civil trial for Chen, was being told to pay the funeral expenses to the relatives of his victims.^[2] In the end, the verdict was guilty, and Chen was sentenced to death on December 5, 2003.^[2] On April 7 of the following year, Chen was executed.^[5]

• List of serial killers in China
• List of serial killers by number of victims