Killings Admitted, Documents Say

Accused double killer Wenkai Li admitted killing a University of Idaho graduate student and his wife in a telephone conversation with his girlfriend after his arrest last month, according to court documents.

Prosecutors want to subpoena the girlfriend, Xiaohui Pan, 25, to testify about that conversation and others she allegedly had with Li during his July 11 preliminary hearing for the first-degree murders of Ning Li and his wife Xia Ge of China.

Li, 25, also a University of Idaho graduate student from China, has been held in the Latah County Jail since his arrest in Wyoming following the Memorial Day slayings.

The decaying bodies of the victims, stuffed inside sleeping bags, were found abandoned along a rural Wyoming road. Investigators said both suffered multiple stab wounds.

Latah County Prosecutor William Thompson said he has not yet decided whether to seek the death penalty.

, DataTimes