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SF Standard just published a story with new facts about the case: https://sfstandard.com/2024/01/19/google-engineer-murder-lir...
Actual title is "Tragic Discovery: Liren Chen and Xuanyi Yu Found Dead in a Los Altos Apartment" and no causal link is made with layoffs whatsoever.
Well, it didn't even happen in a Los Altos Apartment, that is a different suicide case involving two other individuals.
Also not "suicide", but "suspected murder-suicide":
>A preliminary investigation suggested that Liren Chen took his own life after fatally shooting Xuanyi Yu, marking a devastating turn of events in what is now being treated as a murder-suicide.
>A preliminary investigation suggested that Liren Chen took his own life after fatally shooting Xuanyi Yu, marking a devastating turn of events in what is now being treated as a murder-suicide.
Learn how to connect the dots.....
I have an extremely low opinion of Sundar and current batch of tech management but this tragedy shouldn't be pinned on Google layoffs.
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Put conspiracy theory that this is related with layoffs aside, the author of the article didn't do a simple fact check.
The mentioned case happened in Santa Clara, the 2 person involved in the Los Altos case are both 66 years old, they are not the 2 Google engineers the author put names in the title. https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/01/16/two-adults-found-dead...
One party in the title is not deceased, there is a felony case against him in Santa Clara Superior Court.
The mentioned case happened in Santa Clara, the 2 person involved in the Los Altos case are both 66 years old, they are not the 2 Google engineers the author put names in the title. https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/01/16/two-adults-found-dead...
One party in the title is not deceased, there is a felony case against him in Santa Clara Superior Court.
this whole thing is fake news. no reputable news sources mentions any names or their employers. only the Mercury News and the Mountain View Voice mention that two bodies were found in Los Altos on the 16 (before the YouTube layoffs).
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