Lao Rongzhi was executed Monday morning for abducting, robbing and killing seven people in four provinces from 1996 to 1999. The convictions and penalty for crimes she committed with her ex-boyfriend, Fa Ziying, were upheld at the trial of the second instance by the Jiangxi High People’s Court on Nov. 30, 2022. Photo: Jiangxi High People’s Court

Lao Rongzhi shown during her trial of the second instance in August 2022. Photo: Screenshot from CCTV.com

Female serial killer Lao Rongzhi, who was executed on Monday after being found guilty of murdering seven people during the 1990s, is shown standing trial in November 2022 at Nanchang Intermediate People’s Court in Jiangxi province. Photo: China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate

Lao was charged with intentional homicide, kidnapping and robbery. At trial, she admitted to the kidnapping and robbery charges, but denied conspiring with her ex-boyfriend Fa Ziying to kill seven people.

Lao Rongzhi and her ex-boyfriend Fa Ziying in an undated picture. Photo: Xinhua

A lawyer representing the family of one of the victims makes a phone call outside the court. She intends to help the family demand more than 1.3 million yuan ($204,577) in damages from Lao. Photo: Cai Yingli/Caixin

The wife of one of the victims heads to the court. The woman told Caixin that her husband was a carpenter and was supporting a family of six before he was killed. Photo: Cai Yingli/Caixin

Lao’s sister and brother take to the street after the hearing ended in December 2020. Photo: Cai Yingli/Caixin

Lao’s sister and brother speak to the media. Photo: Cai Yingli/Caixin

A crowd gathers around a car that Lao’s lawyer drove away in. Photo: Cai Yingli/Caixin