BENTON, Mo. -- A sentencing date has been set for Richard Yang, the former co-owner of Yang's Chinese Restaurant in Sikeston who fled the United States after admitting to murdering his wife in 1998 in Sikeston. Yang will appear before Circuit Judge David A. Dolan May 23 at 9 a.m. for a sentencing hearing. Yang pleaded guilty to the charge of second-degree murder in January 2000 before fleeing from the area. He was apprehended by the FBI in April in Mexico.
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