Abandoned suitcases are often found to contain chopped up bodies of various crimes such as murder or rape.
People’s Daily reported that a male passerby noticed an abandoned suitcase on Monday in Hunan Province’s central park. When he approached it, he heard a muffled cry.
The man opened the suitcase and found a naked woman inside who claimed she was raped and stuffed inside the luggage which the alleged rapist left on the park, reported Mirror. Prior to the passerby finding the suitcase, another man was spotted carrying the suitcase throughout the park, but the woman began to shout for help.
The alleged rapist left the suitcase immediately and jumped into a nearby lake to escape from authorities. Upon seeing the naked woman, another passerby took off his shirt and gave it to the woman to cover herself.
Other female bystanders helped the victim get out of the suitcase and then they called emergency services. The victim was brought to a hospital where she is in a stable condition. The suspect, the victim’s roommate, was eventually captured by the police and is now being investigated.
Latest statistics from the U.S. Department of State reported more than 31,000 rape cases in China in 2007. But there is no official data from the Chinese government.