THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2016 THE INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILYIOWAN.COM 50¢ Li guilty in Shao murder By ANIS SHAKIRAH MOHD MUSLIMIN County County Attorney Elizabeth Dupuich, reported her missing. vited to attend, having been part of the case.”
[email protected] County Attorney Janet Lyness said. Li surrendered himself to the police of Lyness said because China doesn’t ex- The Iowa City police Wenzhou on May 13, 2015, and was arrested tradite criminals to the U.S., the only way Xiangnan Li has pleaded guilty to the worked with Chinese au- by the People’s Prosecutor of Wenzhou, Chi- the Johnson County Attorney’s Office could murder of Tong Shao, according to a re- thorities to investigate na, on June 19 for international homicide, hold Li accountable for Shao’s death was port by CNN. Shao’s murder. the release stated. The United States doesn’t to have the Chinese government prosecute Li, the former University of Iowa student Authorities discovered have an extradition treaty with China, but him in his home country. arrested last year in China in connection Shao’s body in the trunk of a the country could have voluntarily sent Li She said local investigators met with with the slaying of Iowa State student Tong 1997 Toyota Camry outside back to the United States. Chinese officials a day before the trial to Shao, appeared in court in China Wednes- Dolphin Lake Point Enclave Brotherton said the group was invited to see if there were any questions they could day for his trial.