On January 19, local time, the official website of the Santa Clara County Prosecutor's Office in California issued a press release stating that a Santa Clara man was charged with murdering his wife. The press release stated that police found Liren Chen (27 years old) with blood splatters on his body at home, and his wife's body was nearby.
via https://countyda.sccgov.org/news/news-release/santa-clara-man-charged-wifes-murder
Local media "The San Francisco Standard" reported that police said in court records that Liren Chen repeatedly beat his wife on the head at their home on Valley Way in Santa Clara. Combined with the information disclosed by the Santa Clara County Prosecutor's Office, Liren Chen's right hand was extremely swollen and purple when he was captured. There were blood stains all over his body and inside the house. It can be initially determined that the man beat his wife to death with his fists.
via https://sfstandard.com/2024/01/19/google-engineer-murder-liren-chen-xuanyi-yu/
Prosecutors confirmed that Liren Chen is a Google employee and is still receiving treatment in the hospital. As of the morning of the 19th local time in the United States, Liren Chen has not yet appeared in court to face trial.
According to reports, Liren Chen graduated from Tsinghua University in 2018 with a degree in electronic information engineering, and then obtained a master's degree in computer science from the University of California, San Diego in 2018-2019. After a short internship in the Bay Area, he joined Google as a software engineer in March 2020; his wife Xuanyi Yu also graduated from Tsinghua University in 2018 with a degree in electronic information engineering, and then worked in California, USA from 2018-2019 He studied at the University of San Diego and also received a master's degree in computer science. After graduation, she first interned at Amazon, then joined Amazon, and joined Google in June 2021.
It was previously reported that two people involved in the case were suspected of being laid off by Google. However, an insider claiming to be a colleague of Liren Chen told reporters that the two people involved in the case were not laid off.
"The San Francisco Standard" report also pointed out that Liren Chen was charged with felony murder for allegedly killing his wife. If convicted, he will face life in prison without parole. Public information shows that the local prosecutor has filed a preliminary complaint against Liren Chen, but because he is being hospitalized, his arraignment has been postponed twice. The official website of the Santa Clara County High Court currently shows that the latest hearing date is January 24. .
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