NAPERVILLE, Ill. (WLS) -- A judge has found a Naperville man guilty of murder in the beating death of his wife in 2020, the DuPage County State's Attorney's Office announced Wednesday.

Alan Wang, 61, was charged with first-degree murder after his 35-year-old wife Hongyan Yang was found dead on March 8, 2020, officials said.

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Naperville Police and Fire Departments responded to their home in the 1100 block of North Mill Street, where Yang was found not breathing, authorities said. She was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead. An autopsy revealed she died of blunt force trauma due to assault.

Wang was initially charged with aggravated domestic battery, and charges were later upgraded to two counts of first-degree murder

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