Car Thief Strangles Baby Left In Vehicle

	Car Thief Strangles Baby Left In Vehicle A Chinese car thief strangled a two-month-old baby after stealing a vehicle with the infant inside, according to police. In a crime that has sparked revulsion across the country, officers said the baby was killed and then buried in the snow. The baby's parents had left the child alone for 10 minutes with the car doors unlocked and the engine running, according to state-run media. Reports suggested the father had run into the shop where he worked to turn up the heat because he wanted to keep the baby warm. Zhou Xijun, 48, stole the car in the north eastern Jilin province, triggering a major hunt involving thousands of police officers and taxi drivers. He handed himself in a day later and confessed, according to reports. Jilin police said in a statement that Zhou had "discovered a baby in the back seat of the stolen car, stopped at the side of a road before strangling the baby to death and burying it in the snow". The child's body has been recovered. The South China Morning Post reported that the child's mother had a heart attack when told of the killing and was being treated in hospital. The case caused a storm in China, generating far more attention than the annual meeting of China's parliament which opened on Tuesday. Changchun citizens Changchun citizens mourn the death of the two-month-old baby Internet users expressed their disgust at the crime and many called for Zhou to be put to death. "Killing him once would not be enough," one user of Sina Weibo, a website <b>...</b>	From: mujerhermosa d Views: 0 0 ratings
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