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Murder suspect found attempting to leave U.S.

By The Associated Press
The suspect in the slaying of two women at Purdue University last week was expected to make his first court appearance Wednesday morning in New York.

Zhan Yin, 27, a Chinese citizen, was scheduled to appear before a judge in Erie County Wednesday morning. At the same time, a team of police investigators was expected to travel to New York Wednesday to begin questioning Yin, who was arrested in Amherst, N.Y., outside Buffalo, at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. The U.S. Customs Service alerted local authorities after Yin tried to drive his vehicle across the Rainbow Bridge at Niagria Falls, N.Y., from the United States into Canada.

Yin was charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of Yeunkyung Woo, 31, a doctoral student in biology at Purdue, and her sister, Hyo Kyung Woo, 29, of Chicago. Both women were citizens of South Korea.

Tippecanoe County Coroner Martin Avolt said Tuesday that the sisters died Thursday night of blunt force trauma and incised wounds, but he refused to release any other details.

Purdue Police Chief Linda Stump confirmed the women had been stabbed. Avolt said specific information about the women's deaths would not be made available until authorities have questioned Yin.

Police said Yin, a Purdue graduate student in biology, apparently fled the Oklahoma State University campus early Monday after traveling there with his wife to visit a friend. Yin's wife, who said she tried to convince her husband to surrender to police, told authorities he was despondent and could be suicidal.

Yin was being held Tuesday night in the Amherst town jail. Stump said Yin likely would be transported back to Indiana within the week, depending on whether he waives extradition.

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