Naperville man gets 38 years for killing wife after text messages
A Naperville domestic dispute over text messages ended with Alan Wang getting 38 years for the first-degree murder of Hongyan Yang.
A DuPage County judge sentenced Alan Wang to 38 years in prison after finding him guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Hongyan Yang. Wang, 62, must serve 100% of the sentence before he can be considered for release.
The killing unfolded in the couple’s bedroom in the evening hours of March 7, 2020, after Wang found text messages from another man on Yang’s phone. Wang kicked Yang multiple times. Yang was 35 years old when she died.
Naperville police and fire crews responded on March 8, 2020, around 4:50 p.m. to the home in the 1100 block of North Mill Street after Yang was found not breathing. She was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead there later that day. The DuPage County Coroner’s Office ruled she died from blunt force trauma caused by assault.
The case began as aggravated domestic battery before the charges were upgraded. On June 19, 2020, Wang was indicted on two counts of first-degree murder. His bond was later increased to $1,250,000 on July 8, 2020, and he remained in the DuPage County Jail from then until sentencing.
A four-day bench trial ended on September 12, 2025, and Judge Ann Celine O’Hallaren Walsh found Wang guilty on October 8, 2025.
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