Killer who pretended to be dumb loses power of speech

A Chinese murderer who pretended to be a mute in an attempt to conceal his past ended up losing the power of speech for real , a local newspaper reported .
The man surnamed Zeng left his village in the eastern province of Zhejiang in 2005 after killing his wife ’ s uncle following a rent dispute over 500 yuan ( $ 76 ) , the Zhejiang Daily reported Friday.
Zeng , then aged 33 , pretended to be mute and managed to find a job on a construction site in another province. He changed his name , got married and became a father .
But local police eventually became suspicious at Zeng ’ s lack of identity papers. They ordered a blood test and discovered last October that his DNA closely matched that of the parents of the murderer wanted for 12 years .
Zeng confessed in writing . “After 12 years of silence , he can no longer speak , ” according to the newspaper .
“ By not speaking, I was not going to say anything stupid , ” Zeng told police in writing . He faces a possible death sentence if convicted of murder .

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