California college student found dead in apartment was murdered: LASD

California college student Menghan Zheng was murdered: LASD

The Brief

  • Menghen Zhuang, known to friends and family as Emily King, was found dead in her apartment in Newhall on Feb. 4.
  • Surveillance video showed a man exiting her second-story bedroom window on the afternoon of the day she was found dead.
  • Authorities believe this to be an isolated incident.

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. Officials have identified a woman found dead in a Santa Clarita apartment last week as 23-year-old Menghan Zhuang, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced during a press conference Thursday.

Zhuang, who also went by the name Emily King, was a Chinese national on a student visa. She was a senior at CalArts in Valencia, where she studied art. She has been in the U.S. for nearly four years, authorities said.

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