A 49-year-old San Jose woman who was allegedly killed by her husband with a machete earlier this month has been identified, authorities reported.
On June 15, police found the body of Xuan Zhang inside a home in the 5800 block of Snell Avenue. She was found with a machete near her body in a “blood-splattered room,” the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office said.
Police went to the home after a friend of the suspect notified authorities that the suspect, 55-year-old Shede Mao, sent a photo of Zhang’s bloody body to the friend and a text saying that she was “all beat up,” according to the District Attorney’s Office.
When police arrived, Mao was walking out of the home and was arrested. He was arraigned last week and is scheduled to appear in court again on July 30.