On June 30th, the FBI announced the arrest of a white man suspected of kidnapping China girl YINGYING ZHANG. Investigators pessimistically believe that the existing situation shows that YINGYING ZHANG may have been killed.
On June 9, YINGYING ZHANG, a visiting scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, disappeared. According to the information taken by the camera near the scene, the police confirmed that YINGYING ZHANG boarded a black car, and then launched an investigation. On June 14, the U.S. Federal Court for the Central District of Illinois approved a search warrant to search YINGYING ZHANG's belongings, including traces and other evidence in the suspect's vehicle. On June 15, the suspect was questioned by the police, and said that during the driving process that day, an Asian woman was found standing on a street corner with a backpack and looked very anxious.
After a brief conversation with YINGYING ZHANG, the suspect learned that YINGYING ZHANG was going to be late and offered to give her a ride. Then YINGYING ZHANG got in his car and told him where to go with mobile navigation software. The suspect said it was because of himself later? A wrong turn? YINGYING ZHANG started to panic, and then he let YINGYING ZHANG off.
According to the above evidence, the FBI arrested Christensen, who will appear in court on the 3rd. It is reported that a few months ago, this man browsed the website about how to kidnap others.
According to the documents provided by the FBI to the court, the suspect's name is Brendt Christensen, and he is a doctoral student in the Department of Physics of Champaign University. The man admitted to kidnapping YINGYING ZHANG on June 29th, but the investigators haven't found the exact whereabouts of the missing girl.
According to the data of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, there are only 65,438+08 cars near the incident site, which is consistent with the appearance of the last car in YINGYING ZHANG. Among them, the police searched the vehicle driven by the suspect on June 12. At that time, the person claimed that he didn't remember what happened on the 9th.
Further investigation shows that all the vehicles in the video have skylights and wheel covers are damaged. These are all in line with the characteristics of criminals driving vehicles. The police then asked the man again, and he admitted that he had been there on the day of the incident. I asked an Asian woman to give me a ride, but I let her go soon? .
After obtaining these clues, the investigators searched the vehicles involved again and found that the seats had traces left by special cleaning. Since June 16, the police have been monitoring Christensen in all directions. On 29th, someone overheard this man talking about the process of kidnapping YINGYING ZHANG and taking him into the apartment.
FBI agents thought YINGYING ZHANG was dead, and the police arrested Christensen, a 28-year-old suspect, who was accused of kidnapping YINGYING ZHANG. The suspect is currently studying for a doctoral degree in the same school as YINGYING ZHANG, and works as a teaching assistant.
Regarding whether YINGYING ZHANG has died, lawyer Wang Zhidong told Southern Reporter: As far as I know, they haven't found the body yet, but they have basically decided to die. According to American practice, they probably wouldn't say so if it wasn't certain. ?
Wang Zhidong has been with the police and YINGYING ZHANG's family since he received the news of the suspect's arrest. He revealed that YINGYING ZHANG's father is currently? Very sad? And Zhang Jia will be? Find YINGYING ZHANG as soon as possible and take her home. At present, the family members have made it very clear about the trial of suspects, hoping that criminals will be sentenced to the most severe punishment: the death penalty. ?
? YINGYING ZHANG's father is very sad now. I think he must have stayed up all night. ? Wang Zhidong told Southern Reporter.
YINGYING ZHANG YINGYING ZHANG, female, was born in Jianyang District, Nanping City, Fujian Province in 1990. She graduated from Sun Yat-sen University in 20 13, graduated from Peking University in 20 16, and visited China Academy of Sciences from 20 16 to 20 17.
On April 20 17, I went to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, located in Illinois, USA) for exchange and study.
Lost contact on June 9, 20 17.
20 17 on June 30th, the FBI announced the arrest of a 27-year-old man suspected of kidnapping YINGYING ZHANG, a visiting scholar in China. The FBI says it thinks YINGYING ZHANG is dead.
On the evening of June 30th, the FBI announced the arrest of a man suspected of kidnapping YINGYING ZHANG, a visiting scholar in China. The FBI says it thinks YINGYING ZHANG is dead.
It is understood that the man suspected of kidnapping YINGYING ZHANG is Brandt? Christensen (introduction), from Illinois. He will appear in court for the first time on July 3.
Suspect may kidnap YINGYING ZHANG to the apartment.
According to a court confession obtained by Xinhua News Agency, investigators found Christensen as the owner of a suspected car on June 12 and interrogated him.
As for the whereabouts of the day of the incident (June 9), Christensen initially replied that he had no memory, but later retorted that he slept or played games at home all day.
After further investigation and comparison by investigators, it was confirmed that Christensen's black Saturn sedan was the last vehicle that YINGYING ZHANG took before disappearing from the surveillance video.
On June 5th, Kloc-0, Christensen denied the contents of his confessionNo. 12 when interviewed by FBI personnel in Champaign.
He changed his mind, saying that he did drive at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on the 9th, and met an Asian woman who needed an appointment, so he offered a ride. However, due to the wrong turn on the way, Asian women began to panic and stopped to let the women get off.
However, after the FBI searched his mobile phone and residence, it was found that Christensen had searched and browsed websites about kidnapping and abduction in April this year. Investigators also found that the passenger side door of his car obviously passed by? Unusual power? The cleaning shows that the suspect may intend to hide or destroy the evidence.
From June 16, the FBI began to monitor Christensen, and finally obtained important evidence on the 29th: Christensen's description of how he brought YINGYING ZHANG back to his apartment and forcibly detained him was recorded by the monitoring equipment. American law enforcement agencies finally decided to arrest him.
The suspect will appear in court for the first time on July 3.
According to the students of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who visited and studied in YINGYING ZHANG, Christensen is a teaching assistant in the physics department of the university, and he is under 30 years old.
A media statement from the US Department of Justice said that Christensen will attend the federal court hearing for the first time on July 3.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation said that according to the records of interrogating suspects and relevant clues collected, YINGYING ZHANG was considered dead. However, the FBI did not make it clear that the body had been found.
In April this year, 26-year-old YINGYING ZHANG went to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for a visit and study. He got on a car on the 9th of this month 14 and disappeared. On June 5438+04, the FBI officially identified this incident as a kidnapping case.
At that time, the surveillance video showed that the suspect suspected of kidnapping YINGYING ZHANG was a white man. Before she got on the bus, the suspect was driving around in a black car. (Xinhua News Agency reporter: Wang Luyu)
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