IOWA CITY, IA (CBS2/FOX28)--Police confirmed the body found in the trunk of a car Friday night, is indeed 20-year-old Tong Shao.A person of interest in the case, Xiangnan Li, is believed to have fled to China.Li is one of many international students that attend classes at UI. You can imagine the shock of fellow international students hearing about this case.In fact, Wang Yating, also an international student, said she lived two doors down from Li."I'm surprised because I live in that community," Yating said.She said it's scary knowing what happened in her apartment complex because a lot of international students live there."It was shocking. I hope it doesn't happen again," she said. "We all live in that apartment together."Yating said they don't know a lot about the case but no one seems to have met or spoke with Li. However, she said she noticed he moved here in August.When it comes to the language barrier, Yating said it's comforting to talk with others who also speak Mandarin when coping with situations like this."It makes it easier," she said.With a large Chinese population on campus, The Johnson County Crisis Center felt it was necessary to provide support.Two years ago, the center launched a Mandarin-speaking online program so international students could instant message other international students."I think it's comforting," Crisis Intervention Coordinator Beau Pinkham said. "Even if they don't reach out for%2
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