Naperville Man Who Beat Wife To Death In 2020 Sentenced To 38 Years In Prison

NAPERVILLE, IL — A Naperville man who was convicted of beating his wife, Hongyan Yang, 35, to death in 2020 has been sentenced to 38 years in prison.

Alan Wang, 62, of the 1100 block of N. Mill Street, was initially charged with domestic battery in connection with Yang's death. Those charges were changed to first degree murder in June 2020 after an autopsy determined Yang had died of blunt force trauma.

Police had been called to the couple's home just before 5 p.m. on March 8, 2020, after a family member discovered that Yang was not breathing. After an investigation, police say they learned that Wang kicked Yang in the legs "multiple times" during an argument the previous evening.

He was arrested on March 11, 2020, and convicted in October 2025 after a four-day bench trial.

“The violent beating Alan Wang administered to his wife that resulted in her death, is yet another tragic reminder that domestic violence continues to plague society,” DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin said.

Berlin added, “Regrettably, there is still a significant amount of work to be done to prevent domestic violence, and in extreme cases, tragedies such as what we saw with the death of Hongyan Yang. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Violent Death Reporting System, in 2023, the most recent year statistics are available, 1,373 women lost their lives at the hands of a spouse or intimate partner. Tragically, at just thirty-five-years-old, with a full life ahead of her, Hongyan joins those whose lives were lost to domestic violence. I wish her surviving family and friends strength as they continue their lives with just memories of Hongyan to see them through. Judge O’Hallaren Walsh’s thirty-eight-year-sentence, however, ensures that Mr. Wang will never again be in the position to harm another woman, and for that we are all thankful."

Wang must serve his entire sentence before he is eligible for parole.