Chinese man gets life term for killing girlfriend in Iowa
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Authorities say a Chinese man who fled to his homeland after killing his girlfriend in Iowa will serve a life sentence in China.
Johnson County Attorney Janet Lyness said Wednesday that the U.S. State Department informed her office and Iowa City police that 24-year-old Xiangnan Li (zee-UNG’-nuhn lee) was sentenced earlier this week in the Chinese city of Wenzhou (WEHN’-joo).
In March, the former University of Iowa student told a Chinese court that he killed 20-year-old Iowa State student Tong Shao (tong show) in September 2014.
Iowa authorities wanted Li to be returned for trial, but the United States and China don’t have an extradition treaty. The Criminal Investigation Bureau of China says Chinese citizens are subject to Chinese prosecution for any crimes they commit abroad.
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