BUSTED!:A 29 Years Chinese Man And A Math PhD Student Accused Of Murdering His Ex-Girlfriend.

A 29-year-old doctoral student from
University of Illinois has been arrested for
allegedly killing his ex-girlfriend and locking
away her roommate.

The victim, identified by police only as a 25-
year-old student at UI Champaign-Urbana,
was discovered murdered in her off-
campus apartment this morning.

According to a press release made available
to MailOnline Friday evening, an autopsy is
pending to determine the woman's cause of
death.

The victim's estranged boyfriend, 29-year-
old PhD student Yongfei Ci, was tracked
down by police and arrested a few blocks
north of the crime scene just hours after
the slaying.

Lt. Bryant Seraphin told The Champaign
News-Gazette that officers were called
shortly after 11am to 1343 North Lincoln
Avenue at the One South apartment
complex in Urbana.

According to the news release, the victim's
roommate was in the apartment during the
killing and had been locked in the
bathroom by the attacker.

The woman eventually was able to free
herself and ran into the courtyard, where
she told a passerby about what happened.The roommate was not injured.

The university police issued alerts to
students and faculty, but the campus was
not locked down.

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Investigators used cell phone technology to
locate Mr Ci at a motel in the 1200 block of
West Anthony Drive in Champaign just
before 1.30pm today.

Ci is a sixth-year PhD candidate studying
math at UI. According to his profile on the
university website, his research focuses on
the topology and geometry of 3-manifolds.

The 29-year-old murder suspect is a
Chinese citizen who had graduated from
Oregon State University before being
accepted into UI's PhD program in 2008.
Ci’s Facebook account has been dormant
since 2010. In September 2008, the student
indicated on his page that he was in a
relationship, although most recently his
status has been listed as ‘single.’

SOURCE:Mailonline.com