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{{Short description|Chinese serial killer duo}}
{{family name hatnote|Shen|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox serial killer
| name = Shen Changyin and Shen Changping
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = '''Shen Changyin''' {{birth date|1976|1|26}} '''Shen Changping''' {{birth date|1983|3|8}}
| birth_place = [[China]]
| death_date = '''Shen Changyin''' {{death date and age|2006|4|27|1976|1|26}} [[China]] '''Shen Changping''' {{death date and age|2006|4|27|1983|3|8}} [[China]]
| cause = Execution by [[lethal injection]]{{cn|date=February 2025}}
| victims = 11
| country = [[China]]
| states = [[Henan]]{{·}}[[Gansu]]{{·}}[[Shanxi]] [[Anhui]]{{·}}[[Inner Mongolia]] [[Hebei]]
| beginyear = 1999
| endyear = 2004
| apprehended = August 2004
| penalty = [[Capital punishment|Death]]
| criminal_status = [[Executed]]
| conviction = [[Murder]] (11 counts)
}}

The brothers '''Shen Changyin''' (沈长银, January 26, 1975 – April 27, 2006) and '''Shen Changping''' (沈长平, March 8, 1983 – April 27, 2006) were Chinese [[serial killer]]s and [[Human cannibalism|cannibal]]s who murdered and ate the livers of 11 [[prostitutes]] between June 2003 and August 2004. They were aided by Li Chunling and three other female accomplices.

== Murders ==
In June 2003, the Shen brothers began murdering prostitutes in [[Lanzhou]], [[Gansu]], China. Their first victim was Yao Fang, whom they lured to a house and tied up. After forcing her to provide her bank account [[Personal identification number|PIN]], they strangled and [[dismember]]ed her.<ref name=SD>{{cite news |first=Mi |last=Ji |title=Killer duo gets death |date=2005-09-03 |url=http://english.eastday.com/eastday/englishedition/nation/userobject1ai1409041.html |work=Shanghai Daily |access-date= 2008-09-09 }}</ref>

In late November 2003, the Shens robbed Li Chunling in the same manner as Yao; however, they decided against killing her when she offered to bring them more victims. When Li brought them a woman several days later, the brothers robbed her then forced Li to kill her. Then they removed her [[kidney]], burned her body with [[sulphuric acid]], and flushed it down the toilet. The victim was a prostitute. <ref name=SD/>

After murdering three more women in this manner, the Shens and Li moved to [[Taiyuan]], [[Shanxi]] in April 2004. There they lured Zhao Meiying and forced her to bring a prostitute to their home. The Shens then forced Zhao to stab the woman and put the body in a meat [[Food processor|processor]] before flushing the chemical-dipped pieces down the toilet.<ref name=SD/>

After Zhao surrendered to police and Li was caught, the Shens continued to murder women in [[Hefei]], [[Baotou]] and [[Shijiazhuang]].<ref name=SD/>

== Arrest and sentencing ==
In August 2004, the Shens and an accomplice, Du Surong, were caught in a Shijiazhuang apartment while trying to douse the [[dismember]]ed body of a victim with acid.<ref name=SD/><ref name=SMH>{{cite news |title=Brothers 'confess' to butchering 11 women: report |date=2004-09-03 |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/03/1093939117543.html?from=storyrhs |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date= 2008-09-09 }}</ref> The Shens confessed to robbing and killing 11 women.<ref>{{cite news |title=Two arrested in killing spree |date=2004-09-03 |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/09/03/2003201415 |work=Taipei Times |access-date= 2008-09-09 }}</ref> They had plotted the murders after they lost money when their Lanzhou auto parts business failed.<ref name=SD/><ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.adeguello.net/ade2005nov8.htm |title=Murderers of prostitutes |access-date=2008-09-09 |last=Lorca |first=Andrea |language=es }}</ref> Shen Changyin also confessed to murdering a man in their hometown of Nanwu, [[Henan]] in 1999, after which the brothers fled in 2000.<ref name=SMH/><ref>{{cite news |title=Cannibal brothers killed 13 |date=2005-04-29 |url=http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1697468,00.html |work=News24 |access-date=2008-09-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605231323/http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1697468,00.html |archive-date=2008-06-05 }}</ref>

The Shens and Li were [[Capital punishment|sentenced to death]] in September 2005. Three other female accomplices were sentenced to three to 20 years in prison.<ref name=SD/>

The Shens and Li were all executed by lethal injection{{citation needed|date=February 2025}} on April 27, 2006.

==See also==
* [[List of serial killers in China]]
* [[List of serial killers by number of victims]]

==References==
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[[Category:1976 births]]
[[Category:1984 births]]
[[Category:2003 murders in China]]
[[Category:2004 murders in China]]
[[Category:2006 deaths]]
[[Category:21st-century Chinese criminals]]
[[Category:Cannibals]]
[[Category:Chinese male criminals]]
[[Category:Chinese people convicted of murder]]
[[Category:Criminal brother duos]]
[[Category:Serial killer duos]]
[[Category:Executed Chinese serial killers]]
[[Category:People convicted of murder by the People's Republic of China]]
[[Category:People executed by China by lethal injection]]
[[Category:Violence against women in China]]

Shen Changyin and Shen Changping - Revision history

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