The Murder of He Lei

He Lei and Chen Danlei were both accomplished graduate students at Purdue University finishing their PhD in 2005. Their marriage had seen its ups and downs with Chen's temper and outbursts, but the marriage was starting to fall apart once more when both Chen and He went missing. A few days later, He Lei was found in the trunk of his car brutally dismembered and badly decomposed. Where was Chen and who killed He? Join me as I walk you through the life and death of He Lei and the person who stole a son and only child from the He family. 

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Resources for this episode include the following:

• https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2005-09-01-0509010250-story.html **
• https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2006-06-16-0606160267-story.html **
• http://www.china.org.cn/china/local/2006-09/06/content_1180243.htm **
• https://www.wthr.com/article/murder-trial-for-chinese-student-ends-without-verdict **
• http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2006/07/12/2003318418 **
• http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-07/11/content_638312.htm **
• http://seagullreference.blogspot.com/2006/09/chen-danlei-to-live.html **
• http://english.eastday.com/eastday/englishedition/node20676/userobject1ai1409109.html **
• https://engineering.purdue.edu/Herrick/information/Newsletter/fall05.pdf **
• http://shanghaiist.com/2006/07/14/todays_da_er_we/ **
• http://archive.superlife.ca/2005/01/19/%E6%B8%85%E5%8D%8E%E6%AF%95%E4%B8%9A%E6%99%AE%E6%B8%A1%E5%A5%B3%E5%8D%9A%E5%A3%AB%E7%94%9F%E5%81%9A%E7%88%B1%E6%97%B6%E5%BC%91%E5%A4%AB%E6%9C%AA%E9%81%82/ **
• https://gavinchengblog.wordpress.com/2005/09/02/090205-purdue-university/ **
• https://www.idsnews.com/article/2005/10/family-of-slain-purdue-student-might-come-to-u-s **