A Juvenile Homicide in a Close‑Knit Community (opens in new tab)

A year ago, in April, a 14‑year‑old girl was killed just outside her apartment building in Shenzhen. The perpetrator was her male classmate. For three years, they had ridden the school bus together every day. The brutality of the case, combined with the fact that the perpetrator and the victim were both classmates and neighbors, sent shockwaves through society. We wanted to understand what really happened between the two teenagers. So we went to Shenzhen and spoke with the victim's family, th...