BEIJING: 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. Zeng, then aged 33, pretended to be mute and managed to find a job on a construction site in another province. 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. “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.

Source: New Strait Times December 26, 2017 09:22 UTC