US | Boston Marathon 3rd Boston Victim Is Chinese Grad Student Her name hasn't been released yet By John Johnson Posted Apr 16, 2013 7:35 PM CDT Copied A member of the Wilmington Roadrunners, a group that meets weekly to run in downtown Wilmington, N.C.,wears a special pennant on Tuesday. (AP Photo/The Star-News, Laura Greene) The third person killed in the Boston Marathon attack was a grad student from China studying at Boston University, the school says at BU Today. The university isn't releasing her name until it gets her family's permission. (China's consulate confirms that one of its citizens was killed, reports CNN.) She was with two other BU students watching the race near the finish line—one escaped injury and the other is recuperating after a pair of surgeries. The other two fatalities have been identified as Krystle Campbell, 29, and Martin Richard, 8. Read These Next After bill defeat, House GOP warns members against skipping votes. A Cape Cod car theft didn't go as planned. He heckled President Trump, is now $430K richer. Trump just threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act for Minneapolis. Report an error