Overview
- Police say the suspect, identified by the surname Si, was on bail for a January 2025 drink‑driving arrest and had two prior DUIs without a licence.
- Investigators say the scheme began in June 2025 when his mother and grandmother reported he had died from poisoning and buried a coffin before authorities could examine a body.
- Forensic checks later found the death was faked using a pre‑purchased coffin, empty medicine bottles placed to suggest poisoning, and cooling equipment to lower his body temperature.
- After months on China’s national wanted list, police tracked Si to Yunnan Province and arrested him on April 27, 2026; he has been given five months' detention for dangerous driving.
- Si’s mother and grandmother are under criminal investigation for allegedly helping him evade justice, and the case highlights how staged burials can delay forensic inquiry and complicate cross‑province searches.