Luo Shubiao was born on August 20, 1954, in Guangzhou, China. He was the only child in a working-class family. Growing up, Luo faced challenges that shaped his early life. As a teenager, he began stealing while still in high school. He graduated from school and then studied carpentry.

In 1974, Luo was sent to a labor camp for two years due to theft. After his release, he continued to find trouble. In early 1977, he broke into the Municipal Household Appliances Research Institute. There, he was caught by a woman named Feng Liyun. To avoid arrest, Luo attacked her, but he did not face any legal consequences for this act at that time. Two years later, he was again sent to a labor camp for theft, where he spent three more years.

When he was released in 1982, Luo married Liu Meiting. The couple had a son and daughter together. However, in February 1983, he was sentenced to five years in prison for theft. During his time in prison, he continued to steal items such as lingerie. After his release in 1987, Luo worked in interior design before moving to private transportation.

Later, he confessed to watching videos that depicted pornographic content and graphic violence. Some of these videos included information about a serial killer known as Lam Kor-wan, who was infamous for his violent acts. Luo found these actions exciting and felt a desire to replicate them. He began stealing women's lingerie frequently and kept a record of his thefts, which numbered over 200 instances. By 1989, he also started collecting broken plastic statues from local fashion stores. He assembled these statues as female figures and dressed them in the stolen clothing.

From 1989 to September 1994, Luo Shubiao drove around the Tianhe District in his truck, picking up at least 260 prostitutes. He would kill any woman who resisted him, asked him to wear a condom, did not want to have sex with him multiple times, or checked his license plate.

On February 7, 1990, Luo picked up a young woman and drove her to the Pazhou Dairy Farm. While attempting to rape her, she resisted, and he killed her. He then raped her body and dumped her by the roadside. The next day, he checked to see if anyone had found the body. Paranoid at first, he later believed that the police would only investigate the victims' personal relations, excluding him from suspicion.

Starting in February 1991, Luo continued his murders late at night. He transported the bodies to his attic, where he would mutilate them. He cut off the vulva, inserted panties and socks into the victims, and left his semen to see if it would be detected by the police. After mutilating the bodies, he placed them in burlap sacks, oil drums, or wooden boxes and discarded them in isolated areas of Xinjiao Town. One time, his wife caught him disposing of a body, but he lied, claiming it was a fatal car crash victim. Luo felt pleasure from evading capture and believed he could do anything without consequence.

After each murder, Luo recorded details about the victim's appearance, clothing, and his own feelings in a notebook, which he later destroyed and rewrote after hearing about a tightening investigation. On May 25, 1992, he was arrested for soliciting a prostitute and sent to a labor camp for six months. During his time there, he learned of a police investigation into his crimes. Fearing arrest, he escaped but didn’t murder anyone for almost half a year, resuming in March 1994 with four more killings before his capture in September.

The murders gained significant media attention in China. Investigators found that all victims were young women, often not from Guangzhou, and were killed in similar ways, usually by strangulation. Local police employed various methods to capture the killer, including setting up patrols and examining suspicious individuals and vehicles.

On September 19, 1994, police arrested Luo after a woman reported an attempted murder. He was identified as a suspect, and upon searching his home, officers found stolen handbags, women's clothing, and models made from stolen items. After further investigation, Luo was charged with 19 murders. He confessed to the crimes, detailing the events and methods used.

Luo was tried and convicted on January 18, 1995. He was executed by shooting two days later.