前谷歌工程师陈立人杀妻案陪审团审判已于 10 月 12 日开审 预计约八周、11 月或有裁决
加州圣克拉拉县讯——前谷歌（Google）软件工程师陈立人（Liren Chen）被控杀害妻子于轩一（Xuanyi Yu）一案，陪审团审判已于 10 月 12 日在圣克拉拉县高等法院开启。据新京报报道，审判预计持续约八周，11 月可能有裁决。本案案号 C2400832，距 2024 年 1 月案发已超过两年九个月。
2024 年 1 月 16 日，一对友人夫妇因联系不上这对夫妻，向警方求助。警方来到两人在 Santa Clara 的住所进行安危确认，在卧室地板上发现于轩一：她头部遭严重钝器伤害，已经身亡，现场地板、墙壁与房门上血迹斑斑。陈立人当时在场，右手极度肿胀、发紫，衣物、腿部与手上均带血。他对急救人员说：「我打了我妻子。」（I punched my wife）并称袭击发生在前一天。检方随后以谋杀罪起诉陈立人，圣克拉拉县地方检察官 Jeff Rosen 当时就此案发表声明，谈及家庭暴力问题。检方表示，若罪名成立，陈立人面临终身监禁、不得假释。
案发时，陈立人与于轩一均为 27 岁。两人是清华大学 2018 届电子信息工程专业同学，其后同赴加州大学圣迭戈分校（UC San Diego）攻读计算机硕士学位。陈立人 2020 年 3 月入职谷歌，从事 YouTube Shorts 推荐算法工作；于轩一 2021 年 6 月入职谷歌，此前在 Amazon 任职。两人于 2023 年 4 月以 205 万美元购入 Santa Clara 的住宅，结婚尚不满两年。案发后，谷歌发言人 Bailey Tomson 表示，公司对这一消息感到震惊与哀痛。
2025 年 6 月 23 日下午，本案在圣克拉拉县高等法院 39 号法庭举行初步听证。据现代快报、新京报报道，出庭作证的侦探出示了案发住所厨房与门口的监控画面：2024 年 1 月 16 日凌晨 0 时 21 分，于轩一最后一次出现在厨房；1 时 04 分，厨房灯光熄灭，侦探作证称于轩一在此之后被徒手打死；4 时 43 分，陈立人身着带血衣物出现在画面中；5 时 16 分，他再次出现，右手肿胀、身上有血；约 5 时 20 分，他手持电锯抵住自己的脖子；8 时 10 分，他又将一把宽刃刀抵向脖子。最后见过这对夫妻的友人夫妇也在听证上出庭作证，据报道，证人谈及这对夫妻的婚姻已经出现危机。于轩一的父母在线上旁听了听证。法院存档文件显示，本案辩护律师为 Wesley Schroeder，检方由副地方检察官 Michael Gadeberg 主办。
初步听证之后，案件进程多次推迟。据现代快报报道，辩方长期以等待精神疾病鉴定报告为由申请延期。2026 年 8 月 12 日的听证上，辩方再次请求延期两个月，检方表示反对，指同一理由已被反复使用、案件拖延已超过两年。经法官席前沟通，法官当庭宣布陪审团审判于 10 月 12 日开始。据现代快报报道，当天听证于下午 1 时 35 分开始，陈立人身着橙红色囚服、佩戴手铐出庭，律师与翻译陪同，全程约 15 至 20 分钟。
10 月 12 日，陪审团审判如期开启。据新京报报道，审判预计持续约八周，仅遴选陪审团就需一至两天；在法庭旁听的华人律师徐天问分析，11 月可能有裁决结果。本案后续进展，GSM 将持续报道。
Jury Trial Opens October 12 in Wife-Killing Case of Ex-Google Engineer Liren Chen; Verdict Possible in November
SANTA CLARA COUNTY, California — The jury trial of Liren Chen, a former Google software engineer charged with murdering his wife, Xuanyi Yu, opened on October 12 in the Santa Clara County Superior Court. According to The Beijing News, the trial is expected to last about eight weeks, with a verdict possible in November. The case, No. C2400832, comes more than two years and nine months after the January 2024 killing.
On January 16, 2024, friends of the couple who had been unable to reach them asked police for help. Officers conducting a welfare check at the couple's home in Santa Clara found Yu dead on the bedroom floor with severe blunt-force injuries to her head, with blood on the floor, the walls and the door. Chen was at the scene, his right hand extremely swollen and purple, with blood on his clothing, legs and hands. He told paramedics, "I punched my wife," and said the attack had taken place the day before. Prosecutors charged Chen with murder, and Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen issued a statement on the case addressing domestic violence. Prosecutors said Chen faces life in prison without the possibility of parole if convicted.
Both Chen and Yu were 27 at the time. They were classmates in electronic information engineering at Tsinghua University, class of 2018, and both went on to earn master's degrees in computer science at UC San Diego. Chen joined Google in March 2020, working on the recommendation algorithm for YouTube Shorts; Yu joined Google in June 2021, having previously worked at Amazon. The couple bought their Santa Clara home for $2.05 million in April 2023 and had been married for less than two years. Google spokesperson Bailey Tomson said at the time that the company was shocked and saddened by the news.
A preliminary hearing was held on the afternoon of June 23, 2025, in Department 39 of the Santa Clara County Superior Court. According to Modern Express and The Beijing News, a detective testifying at the hearing presented surveillance video from the kitchen and the doorway of the home: at 12:21 a.m. on January 16, 2024, Yu was seen in the kitchen for the last time; at 1:04 a.m. the kitchen light went out, and the detective testified that Yu was beaten to death with bare hands after that point; at 4:43 a.m. Chen appeared in blood-stained clothing; at 5:16 a.m. he appeared again, his right hand swollen and blood on his body; at about 5:20 a.m. he held an electric saw against his own neck; and at 8:10 a.m. he held a wide-bladed knife to his neck. The friend couple, the last people to see the pair alive, also testified, and according to the reports described a marriage already in crisis. Yu's parents attended the hearing online. Archived court records show defense attorney Wesley Schroeder representing Chen and Deputy District Attorney Michael Gadeberg handling the prosecution.
After the preliminary hearing, the case was delayed repeatedly. According to Modern Express, the defense for a long time sought continuances on the ground that it was awaiting a mental-health evaluation report. At a hearing on August 12, 2026, the defense again asked for a two-month delay; prosecutors objected, saying the same reason had been used over and over and that the case had already dragged on for more than two years. After a bench conference, the judge announced on the spot that the jury trial would begin on October 12. Modern Express reported that the hearing began at 1:35 p.m. that day, that Chen appeared in an orange-red jail uniform and handcuffs, accompanied by his lawyer and an interpreter, and that the whole proceeding lasted about 15 to 20 minutes.
The jury trial opened as scheduled on October 12. According to The Beijing News, the trial is expected to run about eight weeks, with jury selection alone taking one to two days; Xu Tianwen, a Chinese-American attorney who observed the proceedings, said a verdict could come in November. GSM will continue to follow the case.
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