Content on Haiyang Zhu:

Judge denies Zhu appeal

June 16, 2010

Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Bobby Turk refused Tuesday to reduce the life sentence on former Virgiania Tech graduate student Haiyang Zhu, who received the life sentence at a hearing in April for the Jan. 21, 2009 killing of former Tech graduate

Zhu sentenced to life in prison

April 19, 2010

A judge decided Monday that the Mr. Hyde inside former Virginia Tech graduate student Haiyang Zhu was too risky to ever be set free.

Beheading suspect pleads guilty

December 21, 2009

Montgomery County Circuit Court today accepted the guilty plea of former Virginia Tech graduate student Haiyang Zhu, who was charged with the first-degree murder of fellow graduate student Xin Yang.

Plea hearing set for Zhu

December 11, 2009

A plea hearing has been set for the former Virginia Tech graduate student accused of the Jan. 21 murder of a fellow graduate student in the Graduate Life Center.

News in brief: Sept. 30

September 29, 2009

Zhu case will move to grand jury

May 29, 2009

A judge ruled Friday that sufficient probable cause exists to take the first-degree murder case against Graduate Life Center stabbing suspect Haiyang Zhu to a grand jury.

Zhu found competent for trial

May 22, 2009

Upon evaluation, Virginia Tech student Haiyang Zhu was found competent to stand trial.

News in brief: Feb. 20

February 19, 2009