Feb. 11, 2024, marked the two-year anniversary of the murder of University of Utah student Zhifan Dong. Bailey McGartland, a junior at the U who was Dong’s roommate at the time, is working to keep her memory alive through service. In 2022, Dong was killed in a domestic violence situation by her ex-boyfriend, Haoyu Wang..
An angry ex-boyfriend with an explosive temper. A student terrified of what he might do next. How did a university bungle similar cases of intimate-partner violence, and how has it pledged to do better?