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Google Engineer Arrested for Wife's Murder

Liren Chen, found bloodied and with a swollen arm, is suspected of brutally killing his wife in their Santa Clara home.

  • Google software engineer Liren Chen, 27, has been arrested on suspicion of killing his wife, found dead in their Santa Clara home.
  • Police found Chen 'spattered in blood' with a 'swollen and purple' right arm, and his wife's body nearby, suffering from severe blunt force trauma to her head.
  • An acquaintance of Chen had called the police for a welfare check after Chen refused to answer the door or his phone.
  • Both Chen and his wife were employees at Google, which expressed shock and sadness over the incident.
  • Chen's arraignment has been delayed due to his hospitalization.
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