SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) — A woman who, according to prosecutors, was savagely beaten to death by her husband inside their Santa Clara home was identified in court documents.
The murder victim was identified as 27-year-old Xuanyi Yu, according to court documents filed by prosecutors in Santa Clara County. Yu and her husband, Liren Chen, both worked for Google as software engineers at the time of the killing.
A Google spokesperson, Bailey Tomson, told KRON4 Monday, “We are shocked and deeply saddened by what has happened to Xuanyi. Our thoughts are with her family at this time, and we are working to provide support to them and to co-workers who are processing this tragic news.”
Chen, 27, made a chilling confession after police officers found his wife’s lifeless body on the floor of the couple’s blood-splattered bedroom on January 16. Paramedics asked Chen how he hurt his right hand, which was “extremely swollen and purple,” Santa Clara Police Department Detective Frank Hagg wrote in court documents.