A University of Illinois doctoral student from China faces charges in the death of his ex-girlfriend Friday morning, authorities said.
Yongfei Ci, 29, is expected to appear 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Champaign County Court in connection with the stabbing death of a 25-year-old woman who also was a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign student, according to police and jail records.
Police were not releasing the woman’s name. The Champaign County coroner’s office was not immediately available for comment, but the office’s website states information about trauma cases is not made available until after inquests are held.
Police were called to the 1300 block of North Lincoln Avenue in Urbana just before 11 a.m. Friday when a woman called 911 to report her roommate had been killed by an ex-boyfriend, police said in a news release. Police found the woman dead in the apartment.
The roommate told police the ex-boyfriend had forced his way into the apartment, and held the two women against their will, police said. The roommate was locked in the bathroom, and she fled the apartment after the boyfriend left.
Police were able to identify a suspect and use his cell phone to locate him, as U. of I. police sent out an alert identifying Ci. Ci contacted police and told them he would surrender, according to the release.
Police went to a motel where they had determined Ci was and arrested him.
A webpage identified as Ci’s on the University of Illinos Mathematics Department’s website indicates he is a sixth-year doctoral student in Mathematics, and a Chinese citizen.
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