A homicide occurred in San Francisco at the beginning of this year. Yingying “Dawn” Yu (transliteration), a Chinese woman living in Los Gatos, was suspected of being strangled to death by her husband, John Yeager, and then abandoned her body. The police have gradually clarified the details of the case in recent days. According to court information, Yu Yingying and Ige were in the process of divorce proceedings at the time of the case.
Court records show that Yu Yingying married Ige on May 2020, 5. However, less than three months after the wedding, the two parties separated. Ige has joint custody of his two sons from a previous marriage; Yu Yingying has no children. After the separation, Yu Yingying moved to the neighboring Jinbao City and signed a divorce application on August 15, 2020. The application entered legal proceedings three days later.
Yu Yingying files for divorce
In her divorce application, Yu Yingying stated that the two parties had "irreconcilable differences" and did not mention any physical violence that prompted her decision to divorce. In addition, Yu Yingying hopes to divide the property through negotiation. However, as of March 2021, 3, there is still no progress in this request.
The court contacted Yu Yingying on April 2021, 4. According to the documents at the time, the court will continue to hear the case in the next 11 months. If there is no final ruling, the court will send a notice; after 18 months, the court will Stop sending notices. If there is still no final decision by then, the case will be cancelled. However, until January 18 this year, the status of this divorce lawsuit in the court record system was "Active."
Eagle's first marriage
Court records show that Ige has been married twice before. In 1997, Iger filed for divorce from a woman named Jun Lu, who was living in Cupertino at the time. After the divorce, he moved to an apartment in Irvine.
Eagle's second marriage
Later, Ige married a woman named Sunyi Chang (transliteration) for nine years and gave birth to two children. The family of four lived in Ige's existing house in Los Gatos. Later, Zhang Sunyi applied for divorce on February 2017, 2. Both parties received a car, and Ige also agreed to pay US$3 to obtain independent ownership of the house. Both parties agreed to joint custody of their children.
Zhang Sunyi mentioned in the divorce documents that the two had "irreconcilable differences" but did not mention any form of abuse. Zhang Sunyi filed for protection on the day Ige was charged with murdering Yu Yingying. Judge Audra Ibarra ruled that Ige must maintain a distance of approximately 270 meters from his ex-wife and that neither party shall have any contact with her under any circumstances except through a lawyer.
It is reported that the court completed the trial of Ige on January 1 and will hold a hearing on March 16, at which time a public defender will be assigned to defend him.
