Bloomington police ID student, suspect in murder-suicide

Bloomington Police have identified the man and woman found dead in an apparent murder-suicide at a Bloomington apartment complex.

Yaolin Wang, a 21-year-old Indiana University student, was found dead from apparent stab wounds at about 9:21 p.m. Wednesday in a common area inside the Stratum Apartments complex. Police said they suspect Chuanlin Xiao, a 20-year-old man who previously lived in Washington state, died from an apparent suicide by hanging after killing Wang.

Police said they believe Wang and Xiao had been in a relationship for about six months and lived together in the apartment building in the 3100 block of Goodnight Way for about a month.

IU spokesman Mark Land said Thursday that Wang was a junior at IU. The man was not a student, Land said.

The case remains under investigation.

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