Google Engineer Charged with Wife's Murder in California

Liren Chen Allegedly Beat Xuanyi Yu to Death, Raising Concerns About Domestic Violence

Google software engineer Liren Chen has been charged with the murder of his wife Xuanyi Yu, also a Google engineer, in their Santa Clara home.
Chen was found 'spattered with blood' and his right hand was 'extremely swollen and purple'.
Yu was found dead with 'severe blunt force injuries to her head'.
Both Chen and Yu were alumni of Tsinghua University in China and the University of California San Diego.
The incident has raised concerns about domestic violence and the psychological resilience of elite Chinese students.