Police seek Asian male suspect in murder of Chinese student in S. California
The notice issued by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, featuring an image of the suspect in the death of Zhuang Menghan, a Chinese female student of the California Institute of the Arts, whose body was found on February 4, 2025.
Local police in Los Angeles are seeking a male suspect, likely Asian, in the death of a Chinese female student enrolled at a Southern California university, who was recently found dead at her off-campus residence.
According to local authorities, the victim was identified as Zhuang Menghan, a 23-year-old undergraduate senior at the California Institute of the Arts. She was discovered deceased on February 4 at an apartment in Newhall. Early next morning, February 5, local police confirmed that Zhuang's death was a homicide resulting from multiple injuries.
A male suspect, appearing to be of Asian descent, is currently being pursued by police, who believe he entered Zhuang's apartment the night before her death and fled through a second-floor bedroom window on the afternoon of February 4.
Police are offering a reward of US$20,000 to anyone who can provide information leading to the arrest of the suspect. And, they emphasized that Zhuang's male roommate, with whom she shared the apartment, is not a suspect in the case. The case is still under investigation.
The Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles strongly condemned the criminal actions of the perpetrator and has urged United States authorities to expedite the investigation and bring the perpetrator to justice as soon as possible.
