BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Alone and in a new country, graduate student Xin Yang reached out to other students at Virginia Tech when she arrived two weeks ago, trying to establish life on campus. She went to social events with international students and appeared to be making friends, those who met her said. But one of the friendships may have led to her death: Police say she was decapitated with a kitchen knife while having coffee with a Chinese doctoral student in a campus cafe Wednesday night. ——Contact the Daily Reveille’s news writers at [email protected]
Police: VaTech student knew suspected killer
By The Associated Press
January 22, 2009