Google worker is facing a murder charge for beating his wife to death this week in an attack that left their bedroom covered in blood, prosecutors say.
Liren Chen, 27, allegedly punched his wife in the head repeatedly at their home on Valley Way in Santa Clara, police said in court records.
While Chen’s wife’s name is redacted in the documents, property records show that Chen was married to Xuanyi Yu and that the couple owned a home at 714 Valley Way..
Santa Clara County’s medical examiner could not confirm whether Yu was the victim in the case as of Friday morning.
Chen was a software engineer at Google who worked on the YouTube Shorts recommendation algorithm, according to a LinkedIn profile under his name. Another LinkedIn profile lists Yu as a software engineer at Google who previously worked at Amazon.
Chen is currently in the hospital awaiting a court hearing and has not been arraigned as of Friday morning. He faces life in prison without the possibility of parole if convicted.
Prosecutors confirmed that he was a Google employee.
“We will be returning to court each day until Mr. Chen is released from the hospital and able to be personally present for his arraignment,” the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.
Police found Chen’s wife dead after arriving at the house at 10:55 a.m. Tuesday to conduct a welfare check, court records say. The responding officer saw Chen through the window on his knees, staring blankly with his hands in the air and what appeared to be blood on his clothing.
After entering the home and taking Chen into custody, court records show officers found Yu’s body on the bedroom floor with severe blunt-force injuries to her head. The floor, wall and door of the room were covered in blood spatter.
“Chen’s right hand was extremely swollen and purple,” a police detective wrote. “He had blood on his clothing, his legs, arms, and hands.”
When asked how he hurt his hand, Chen allegedly told first responders, “I punched my wife.” He then indicated that the attack had occurred the day prior.. ----
Chen and Yu purchased their house last April for $2.05 million, according to property records.
Both Chen and Yu attended Tsinghua University in Beijing and the University of California San Diego, according to their LinkedIn profiles.
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.
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That incorrect initial reporting made its way onto online tech hubs like Blind and Y Combinator’s Hacker News.
男的打死了女的呀 太可怕了
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都讨论了4-5轮了
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:30:03
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这是清华的那一对吗?男的没死,用手(不是枪)把老婆打死?
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:30:42
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用手(不是枪)把老婆打死?那太恶劣了。加州有终刑吗?
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:32:02
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的确太恶劣了。我以前还以为失业的压力下枪杀老婆然后自杀。
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:34:45
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不是已经自杀了吗,还刑什么
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:36:32
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这里贴说Chen在医院里,手肿了
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:38:46
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一日夫妻百日恩,怎么下得去手?
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:39:38
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渣男
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:40:24
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都杀人犯了, 还讲什么“渣男”?
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01/19/2024 postreply
15:14:22
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拳头打头把人打死其实还是很难的一件事,对没受到过训练的人来说。。。
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:40:43
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鲁提辖?
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:41:09
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一个是书生,一个是练武的和尚。。哈哈
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:44:13
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这个不能理解。相片看起来不是一个强壮的男人。
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:42:38
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对啊,颅骨能接受很大的冲击的。。
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:45:08
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男的挺斯文,没想到怒气这么大。女的还是个高考状元,也不是作女,能赚钱,哪里就那么被老公仇恨?
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:46:01
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被家暴却不离开,也是没法理解
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:53:00
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被打晕了?
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:59:38
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我觉得如果男的有暴力倾向,不可能这是第一次啊
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01/19/2024 postreply
15:01:56
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应该是用东西击的,他那小拳头打不死
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:48:20
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对。。
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:50:21
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“punched his wife in the head repeatedly” “Chen’s right han
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:59:08
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这医生护士谁敢治他这手啊
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01/19/2024 postreply
15:01:42
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男的没死,算激情杀人,只能希望女方父母能多些民事赔偿
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:39:29
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按律凌迟
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:51:42
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应该允许女方家长把他打死。
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:52:57
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这人是练武的吗?用拳头打死一个人很难吧?
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:47:41
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“to conduct a welfare check” 还是没搞懂。这个welfare check和俩马工啥关系?
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:30:52
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welfare check指没露面时有人报警让警察去查看情况
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:32:18
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是。但是谁会去报这个警呢?否则哪里会trigger 警察去民居家查看。
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:36:06
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没有上班也没请假,报告警察查看是否病了有危险。
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:35:41
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狗家现在这么卷了吗?一天不上班警察就上门了
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01/19/2024 postreply
15:00:53
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neighbor(s) heard noises/commotions and called the cops?
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01/19/2024 postreply
17:16:21
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都是国藤,高薪,上中产,怎么看都是事业有成,真可惜。
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:31:15
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Local news report:
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:32:45
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这是多大的冤仇啊。不能好离好散吗?
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:37:26
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不是说两人都死了吗?这local PD搞得什么鬼?
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:34:28
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从来没有正式新闻说两个人都死了,都是网上乱说的
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:35:30
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怪不得,今天我看着这男的网上照片,第一个念头就是:他把老婆杀了之后竟然真的有勇气自杀?他这样更像是杀了老婆后没
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:46:28
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性格缺陷,家暴在每个国家,每个文化里都存在
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:39:53
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怎么不符合,中国有句老话:三天不打,上房掀瓦
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:50:09
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哈哈。。
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:53:40
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都是美国搞的鬼。
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:52:44
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中国人的家暴只多不少
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01/19/2024 postreply
15:09:52
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骨子里的暴力倾向,能把人往死里打,太可怕了
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:55:20
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才27岁,小留啊。太可怕了
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:59:00
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这种人不用分种族吧,哪里都有啊
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01/19/2024 postreply
15:01:16