https://sfstandard.com/2024/01/19/google-engineer-murder-liren-chen-xuanyi-yu/
The news sent a shock wave through the Chinese American community after rumors of the crime started to circulate on social media. Confusion arose because of a different incident involving two dead bodies found in a Los Altos home this week.
Both major national Chinese-language newspapers, World Journal and Sing Tao, put the false claim of a murder-suicide on their front page Friday, triggering a media frenzy in the Chinese-speaking world, including national media in China.
The Chinese-language reports also highlighted unverified rumors that the crime was in some way related to recent layoffs at Google.
