A Google software engineer suspected of killing his wife in a gruesome attack in their California home was found “covered in blood”, police said.
in press releasethe Santa Clara District Attorney's Office announced that officers were called to the residence of Liren Chen, 27, in Santa Clara, California, just a few miles south of Google's headquarters in Silicon Valley, for a welfare check. .
Google confirmed to Fox News Digital that Chen and his wife, Xuanyi Yu, were employees of the tech giant at the time of the incident.
An acquaintance called 911 on Jan. 16 after Chen “expressed concerns” about the couple, officials said.
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May 15, 2023, Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, USA. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency, Getty Images) (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
The acquaintance told authorities that he saw Chen “with his hands up” and “knelt motionless” staring out the window.
Authorities said Chen “refused” to answer the phone or answer the door when police arrived.
After police entered the couple's home, Cheng was at the murder scene, not far from his wife's body, with his right hand “severely swollen and purple.”
Authorities said Yu suffered “severe blunt force trauma to the head.”
The Santa Clara District Attorney's Office announced that Liren Chen is suspected of murdering his wife in their California home. (Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office/Facebook)
Police said the 27-year-old man had “stains of blood on his clothes, legs, arms and hands and scratches on his arms” following the brutal attack.
Prosecutors said Chen has been charged with murder and could go to prison if convicted.
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The 27-year-old's arraignment was postponed until January 22 as Chen remains hospitalized. Court records stated:.
“While the number of domestic violence deaths has decreased in our county, that alone does not measure the depth and destructiveness of the violence,” District Attorney Jeff Rosen said in a press release. “If you believe you or someone else is being abused by your partner, please contact your local law enforcement agency. You are not alone and we are here to help.”
A sign posted in front of Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California, on December 19, 2023. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
“We are shocked and deeply saddened by what happened to Ms. Xuanyi,” Google spokeswoman Bailey Thomson told Fox News Digital in a statement. “Our thoughts are with her family at this time and we remain committed to providing support to them and our colleagues as they process this tragic news.”
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According to their LinkedIn pages, Yu and Chen both studied at Tsinghua University in China and the University of California, San Diego.
