跟进：谷歌工程师陈立人杀妻案新进展：辩方以案发时精神错乱为由申请无罪辩护
曾轰动中美的“谷歌杀妻案”迎来关键进展。当地时间10月19日，谷歌工程师陈立人（Liren Chen）殴打妻子致死案在加州圣克拉拉县法院再次开庭，辩方律师正式以“陈立人在案发时处于精神错乱状态”为由，申请无罪辩护。
据红星新闻报道，参加庭审的白女士转述：陈立人的代理律师施罗德在庭上正式向法官表明，将以精神错乱为理由做无罪辩护。法官随即转向陈立人告知：“陈先生，我现在需要告知您，您已提出以精神失常为由的无罪抗辩。若被判定为精神失常无罪，您可能需被送入州立医院度过余生。您明白吗？”陈立人通过翻译表示：“明白。”下一次开庭暂定11月18日。
案情回溯：2024年1月18日，加州警方接到凶案报警，在圣克拉拉县一处住宅的卧室地板上发现受害人于轩一的尸体，其头部受到严重钝器伤害，房间血迹遍布。警方到场时，陈立人“跪在地上一动不动，双手举在空中，眼神茫然”，其右手“极度肿胀发紫”，衣服、腿、胳膊和手上都有血迹。被问及手如何受伤时，陈立人告诉急救人员：“我打了我的妻子。”
2025年6月的庭审上，侦探当庭播放了案发前后家中的监控录像：2024年1月16日0时21分，于轩一的身影出现在厨房——这是她生前的最后一段影像；4时43分，陈立人身着带血的衣服出现；几分钟后，他手拿电锯出现，并做出将电锯放在自己脖子上的举动；8时10分，他又拿出一把刀刃很宽的刀放在自己脖子上。
据报道，夫妻二人均为谷歌工程师、清华大学毕业生，2023年4月花费205万美元在圣克拉拉县购置房产。早在2024年6月，施罗德律师就曾表示将为陈立人做无罪辩护，并称收到了一份来自中国的关于陈立人的医疗记录。
Google Engineer's Wife-Murder Case: Liren Chen Seeks Not-Guilty Plea on Insanity Grounds
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The "Google wife-murder case" that shocked both China and the U.S. has reached a critical turn. On October 19 local time, the case of Google engineer Liren Chen, charged with beating his wife to death, returned to Santa Clara County court, where defense attorney Schroder formally sought a not-guilty plea on the grounds that Chen was in a state of mental disorder at the time of the crime, according to Red Star News.
A court attendee told the outlet that after Schroder stated the insanity defense, the judge turned to Chen and said: "Mr. Chen, I need to inform you that you have entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. If found not guilty by reason of insanity, you could spend the rest of your life in a state hospital. Do you understand?" Chen replied through his interpreter: "I understand." The next hearing is tentatively set for November 18.
Case background: on January 18, 2024, California police responded to a homicide report and found the body of the victim, Yu, on a bedroom floor — her head severely injured by a blunt object, blood across the floor, walls and door. When officers arrived, Chen was "kneeling motionless, hands raised in the air, eyes vacant"; his right hand was "extremely swollen and purple," with blood on his clothes, legs, arms and hands. Asked how he hurt his hand, Chen told first responders: "I punched my wife."
At a June 2025 hearing, a detective played home surveillance footage: Yu's last image appeared in the kitchen at 0:21 a.m. on January 16, 2024; at 4:43 a.m. Chen appeared in bloodstained clothes; minutes later he appeared holding a power saw, which he placed against his own neck; at 8:10 a.m. he took out a wide-bladed knife and held it to his neck.
Both husband and wife were Google engineers and Tsinghua University graduates who bought a $2.05 million home in Santa Clara County in April 2023. As early as June 2024, attorney Schroder had said he would seek an acquittal and had received medical records concerning Chen from China.
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