US Man Charged With Murder Of Wife, Was Found 'Splattered With Blood'

A man from California, USA, has been charged with murder for allegedly beating his wife to death, Santa Clara county officials said in a statement. Police said that 27-year-old Liren Chen was found splattered with blood with his wife's body nearby at their home. "She had severe blunt force injuries to her head. Chen's right hand was extremely swollen and purple. He had blood on his clothing, legs, arms, and hands and scratches on his arm," the statement read. 

The statement did not name his wife but Fox News stated that she was identified as Xuenyi Yu. Reportedly, Chen and Yu were engineers at Google, where Yu joined in 2021 and Chen joined in 2020.

Man Beats Wife To Death

The Santa Clara County District Attorney's office said in its statement that they received a call from Chen's acquaintance at around 11 am that day to "express concern". The acquaintance was reportedly outside Chen's home and could see him not answering the door or phone, and "sitting motionless on his knees with had his hands in the air and was staring blankly," the statement read.

The officers arrived and managed to enter the home and found him covered in blood, while Yu's lifeless body was in the bedroom nearby. He was taken into custody and charged with murder. The District Attorney's office wrote that Chen is currently in the hospital and will be produced in court soon. 

Santa Clara District Attorney Jeff Rosen noted the rising cases of domestic violence and crimes. He said, “Domestic violence deaths have been falling in our county but that does not measure the depth and destructiveness of the violence. Anyone who feels that they or someone else is being abused by their partners, please reach out to your local law enforcement agency. You are not alone. We can help.”

Google spokesperson Bailey Tomson said in a statement to Fox News, "We are shocked and deeply saddened by what has happened to Xuanyi. Our thoughts are with her family at this time, and we will work to provide support to them and to co-workers who are processing this tragic news.

Reportedly, Chen and Yu were both Chinese natives and worked as software engineers at Google in Silicon Valley, California. They were graduates of Tsinghua University and the University of California San Diego.