April 6, Parkour enthusiast Wang Zijian went missing after jumping into the Tuojiang River from Tuojiang Bridge No.1 in Luhzou, Szechwan which is located at where the Yangtze River and Tuojiang River meet. Yesterday, on the 8th day of Wang Zijian's disappearance, his body was found over 10 kilometers away downstream in the Yangtze River.

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Yesterday morning, over 10 kilometers on the Yangtze River downstream from where the incident occurred, on a sand dredger near the Guifei Garden of Luhzou Jiangyang District Huangyi Town, boatman Old Qiu was busy as usual. "Old Qiu, seems like something got caught by the buoy tender," a nearby boatman from the Junfeng told Old Qiu. Then, Old Qiu asked the captain of the Qinglong No.9 to go check it with him on a skiff.

When the skiff was near the buoy tender, they discovered that the steel cable of the buoy tender had hooked a dead body. The two of them called the police afterwards. The police dispatched a speedboat to salvage the body.

According to a policeman at the scene, there were no evident bruises on the body, "however, because of the huge impact from the dive, his face was apparently twisted/warped."

Because the characteristics of the dead body was similar to the height of the previously missing Wang Zijian, the police informed this situation to Wang Zijian's family members. Yesterday afternoon, at about 2:30pm, Wang Zijian's mother, his uncle, and some other family members arrived at the Luzhou City morgue. 

The Wangs identified the deceased as indeed being Wang Zijian. Upon seeing him, mother Wang burst into tears: "Jian Jian, you do this to your mother..." She passed out before she could finish. The other family members immediately rushed to bring her back to consciousness.

According to Wang Zijian's uncle, because of his parents' divorce, Wang Zijian has lived with his mother ever since he was small. "She suffers from depression, and before this, her son was her biggest concern. Now her boy is gone, and we don't know if she can get through this." 

It has been known that Wang Zijian's body will be cremated today(April 15). After Wang Zijian's disappearance, other parkour enthusiasts in Luzhou had from time to time come to the riverside to mourn him. "Now that the child has been found, we'll tell the other enthusiasts, so they can see Jian Jian one last time," says Wang Zijian's uncle.