After Zhu Jiang was paralyzed in a car accident, he became despondent and sought to end his life.
Zhu, a resident of central China’s Henan Province who is being identified using an assumed name, found a man advertising himself as a specialist in assisted suicide and who went by the online name of “Lone Wolf.”
The 30-year-old “Lone Wolf,” whose real name is Xu Jun, received 70,000 yuan (about $10,000) to find a way to kill Zhu Jiang, Henan’s Dahe Daily reported on March 29, the day police released information about the case. Xu is a middle school dropout from Jiangsu Province and worked temporary jobs before starting his current business last March.
That September, Xu got into contact with the paralyzed Zhu Jiang, a man of few words who had sunk into despair about his invalidity. In October they had worked out a deal. On Oct. 11, Xu received payment and moved to carry out the plan.
