Chinese Decapitator At VA Tech Pleads Guilty

James Fulford on December 21, 2009

The Chinese student who beheaded another Chinese student at Virginia Tech has pleaded guilty. Some sample headlines below, which seem to de-emphasize the "Chinese" part:

Man admits beheading Virginia Tech student

Herald Sun - 29 minutes ago

A CHINESE man has pleaded guilty to decapitating a fellow graduate student in January at a campus cafe at Virginia Tech university in the United States. ...

Man pleads guilty to killing Virginia Tech student

CNN - 2 hours ago

(CNN) -- A man pleaded guilty Monday to killing a Virginia Tech graduate student at a restaurant in January, attacking her with a knife and decapitating her ...

Ex-Va. Tech student pleads guilty in decapitation

The Associated Press - Tim Huber - 2 hours ago

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. — A former Virginia Tech graduate student pleaded guilty Monday to decapitating a classmate, and prosecutors for the first time revealed ...

Ex-student pleads guilty in decapitation

Sydney Morning Herald - Tim Huber - 2 hours ago

AP A former Virginia Tech student accused of decapitating a fellow Chinese student at a campus eatery has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder. ...

Ex-Va. Tech student pleads guilty in decapitation

The Associated Press - Tim Huber - 5 hours ago

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. — A former Virginia Tech student accused of decapitating another student at a campus eatery has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder. ...

Virginia Tech student admits beheading girl

p2pnet.net - 2 hours ago

p2pnet news view | Crime:- Haiyang Zhu, a 26-year-old ex-Virginia Tech graduate student, this morning admitted beheading Xin Yang, the woman he said he ...

Man pleads guilty in decapitation case

UPI.com - 2 hours ago

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va., Dec. 21 (UPI) -- A former Virginia Tech graduate student entered a guilty plea Monday to first degree murder in the decapitation murder ...

Breaking: Beheading suspect pleads guilty

Virginia Tech Collegiate Times - 5 hours ago

by CT staff Montgomery County Circuit Court today accepted the guilty plea of Haiyang Zhu, who was charged with the first-degree murder of fellow Virginia ...

Former Va. Tech student pleads guilty to murder

Roanoke Times - Shawna Morrison - 6 minutes ago

Haiyang Zhu was accused of attacking and decapitating a fellow student in a campus cafe. Zhu will be sentenced in April. By Shawna Morrison | The Roanoke ...

Plea hearing scheduled for VT student accused of decapitation

WSLS.com - 14 hours ago

AP The Virginia Tech studnet accused of beheading another student in a campus cafe is expected to enter a plea. Haiyang Zhu is charged with first-degree ...

Ex-Virginia Tech student due to plead in slaying

Charlottesville Daily Progress - 8 hours ago

AP CHRISTIANSBURG—A former Virginia Tech student accused of killing another student in a campus eatery is expected to enter a plea in the case. ...

Ex-Virginia Tech student pleads guilty in slaying