Overview

• Judge Ann Celine O’Hallaren Walsh issued the guilty verdict on Oct. 8, 2025, following a four-day bench trial held in September.
• Prosecutors said Wang, 61, kicked his wife, 35-year-old Hongyan Yang, multiple times on March 7, 2020 after discovering texts on her phone; she was found not breathing the next day and later pronounced dead.
• An autopsy by the DuPage County coroner concluded Yang died of blunt force trauma due to assault, prompting the upgrade from aggravated domestic battery to first-degree murder.
• Wang was initially released on electronic monitoring after posting $85,000, but his bond was raised to $1.25 million and he has been held in custody since July 8, 2020.
• Wang remains jailed and is due in court Nov. 12 for post-trial motions, with no sentencing date set, as officials cited 2020 data showing 1,364 women killed in domestic-violence incidents.