Naperville Man Found Guilty Of Murder After Beating Wife To Death

NAPERVILLE, IL — Naperville man has been found guilty of first degree murder in the beating death of his wife. Alan Wang, 61, was convicted after a four-day trial for the 2020 murder.

Police were called to the couple's home on March 8, 2020, just before 5 p.m. for a report that a woman had been found who was not breathing. Hongyan Yang, 35, was taken to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

According to the DuPage County State's Attorney's Office, Wang kicked Yang "multiple times" during an argument the previous night. A relative found Yang the following day.

“According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Violent Death Reporting System, in 2020, the year Hongyan Yang was murdered, 1,364 women lost their lives to domestic violence,” DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin said in a statement.

Berlin added, “Those thirteen-hundred-plus women are not just a statistic however, they were mothers, daughters and sisters, each of whom had a full life ahead of them. Their tragic deaths remind us we have a long way to go in preventing domestic violence. Judge O’Hallaren Walsh’s guilty verdict ensures that Mr. Wang will be held responsible for the brutal murder of his wife, Hongyan. To Hongyan’s surviving family and friends, I offer my sincerest condolences on their loss and wish them strength as they continue their lives without the love and support she once provided."

Wang will appear in court again on Nov. 12.