Updated 11:42 a.m.
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — A judge has sent to a grand jury the case of a Virginia Tech student accused in the beheading of another student.
Sitting in Christiansburg, General District Judge Gino Williams heard graphic testimony from two witnesses Friday before sending the case of Haiyang Zhu to Montgomery County grand jurors.
Zhu is charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of 22-year-old Xin Yang, who was beheaded in her dormitory cafe where she met him for coffee Jan. 21.
Cafe worker Corey Cox described the attack and a Tech police officer, Nicole Irvine, testified that Zhu was carrying the woman's head when she arrived at the scene. She said he dropped the head when she ordered him to put his hands in the air.
Earlier:
CHRISTIANSBURG -- A doctoral student accused of beheading a fellow student at Virginia Tech is due in court today.
A preliminary hearing for Haiyang Zhu is set for Montgomery County General District Court. Zhu is charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of 22-year-old Xin Yang. The 22-year-old woman was beheaded in her dormitory cafe where she met Zhu for coffee Jan. 21.
Doctors at a state mental hospital have found Zhu competent to stand trial.
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