[1] Upon getting out of jail for an unrelated crime, Zhou got a job as a taxi driver for the commuters in the city of Anshan in central-southeast Liaoning province.
In the summer of 2003, while on the job, Zhou starting his killing spree, strangling female passengers with a rope who had willingly gotten into his taxi, before dumping their bodies in enclosed open ground areas or roadside water wells.
[2] Once all the bodies had been located, a moral panic sparked among locals, who resorted to other defaults to avoid the killer, temporarily affecting the transport business.
[1] In his confession, he detailed that he hated women following his wife's abortion, which reportedly was without his permission.
[3] In an interview conducted the day before his execution, Zhou stated he had "no remorse" for his victims.