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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都討論了4-5輪了
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:30:03
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這是清華的那一對嗎?男的沒死,用手(不是槍)把老婆打死?
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:30:42
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用手(不是槍)把老婆打死?那太惡劣了。加州有終刑嗎?
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:32:02
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的確太惡劣了。我以前還以為失業的壓力下槍殺老婆然後自殺。
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:34:45
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不是已經自殺了嗎,還刑什麽
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:36:32
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這裏貼說Chen在醫院裏,手腫了
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:38:46
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一日夫妻百日恩,怎麽下得去手?
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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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都殺人犯了, 還講什麽“渣男”?
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01/19/2024 postreply
15:14:22
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拳頭打頭把人打死其實還是很難的一件事,對沒受到過訓練的人來說。。。
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:40:43
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魯提轄?
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:41:09
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一個是書生,一個是練武的和尚。。哈哈
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:44:13
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這個不能理解。相片看起來不是一個強壯的男人。
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:42:38
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對啊,顱骨能接受很大的衝擊的。。
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:45:08
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男的挺斯文,沒想到怒氣這麽大。女的還是個高考狀元,也不是作女,能賺錢,哪裏就那麽被老公仇恨?
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:46:01
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被家暴卻不離開,也是沒法理解
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:53:00
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被打暈了?
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:59:38
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我覺得如果男的有暴力傾向,不可能這是第一次啊
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01/19/2024 postreply
15:01:56
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應該是用東西擊的,他那小拳頭打不死
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:48:20
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對。。
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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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這醫生護士誰敢治他這手啊
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01/19/2024 postreply
15:01:42
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男的沒死,算激情殺人,隻能希望女方父母能多些民事賠償
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:39:29
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按律淩遲
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:51:42
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應該允許女方家長把他打死。
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:52:57
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這人是練武的嗎?用拳頭打死一個人很難吧?
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:47:41
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“to conduct a welfare check” 還是沒搞懂。這個welfare check和倆馬工啥關係?
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:30:52
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welfare check指沒露麵時有人報警讓警察去查看情況
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:32:18
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是。但是誰會去報這個警呢?否則哪裏會trigger 警察去民居家查看。
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:36:06
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沒有上班也沒請假,報告警察查看是否病了有危險。
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:35:41
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狗家現在這麽卷了嗎?一天不上班警察就上門了
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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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都是國藤,高薪,上中產,怎麽看都是事業有成,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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這是多大的冤仇啊。不能好離好散嗎?
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:37:26
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世界日報出洋相
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:51:00
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不是說兩人都死了嗎?這local PD搞得什麽鬼?
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:34:28
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從來沒有正式新聞說兩個人都死了,都是網上亂說的
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:35:30
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怪不得,今天我看著這男的網上照片,第一個念頭就是:他把老婆殺了之後竟然真的有勇氣自殺?他這樣更像是殺了老婆後沒
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:46:28
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我對這種結論保持高度懷疑: 不符合中國文化行為準則。 大家需要以質疑的態度看待
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:38:20
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性格缺陷,家暴在每個國家,每個文化裏都存在
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:39:53
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怎麽不符合,中國有句老話: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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都是美國搞的鬼。
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:52:44
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中國人的家暴隻多不少
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01/19/2024 postreply
15:09:52
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骨子裏的暴力傾向,能把人往死裏打,太可怕了
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:55:20
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才27歲,小留啊。太可怕了
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01/19/2024 postreply
14:59:00
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這種人不用分種族吧,哪裏都有啊
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01/19/2024 postreply
15:01:16