Details of YINGYING ZHANG's murder.
The news that YINGYING ZHANG, a student studying in Peking University, was killed has been exposed. At present, the suspect who killed YINGYING ZHANG has also been arrested. There is no news about YINGYING ZHANG's body, and the case is still under investigation. Let's look at the details of how YINGYING ZHANG died. Did you find the latest news? The suspect who kidnapped YINGYING ZHANG will be put on trial.
At 6: 438 local time on the 3rd, Christensen, a suspect suspected of kidnapping China visiting scholar YINGYING ZHANG, will appear in court for the first time. On the evening of June 30th, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced that it had locked the suspect who kidnapped YINGYING ZHANG, and said it believed that YINGYING ZHANG might be killed unfortunately. On June 5438+0, Hong Lei, Consul General of the Consulate General of China in Chicago, rushed to Champaign, Illinois, where YINGYING ZHANG was studying, to visit her family, and urged the US judicial department to conduct a fair trial so that the criminals could be severely punished.
Monday's hearing will be held in the federal district court in central Illinois, and the suspect Christensen is accused of kidnapping by the federal court. According to the reporter of Global Times, at the first hearing, the suspect will be asked whether to plead guilty and decide whether to allow the suspect to be released on bail pending trial. If bail is not granted, the suspect will continue to be under the control of federal law enforcement agencies. Local student organizations called on students to attend the trial that day and expressed their support for YINGYING ZHANG. CNN reported that since Christensen is still in detention, it is not clear whether he has hired a lawyer.
On the evening of June 30th, local time, the FBI announced the arrest of Christensen, a 27-year-old man suspected of kidnapping YINGYING ZHANG. According to the criminal indictment against him by the federal court, in a recording, Christensen described how he kidnapped YINGYING ZHANG and detained him. According to the recording and other details, the US Attorney's Office and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a statement. According to other facts that have been investigated, law enforcement officials think that YINGYING ZHANG may have died unfortunately? .
The Associated Press reported that Christensen entered the Physics Department of the University of Illinois on 20 13 to pursue a master's degree. He originally planned to study for a doctorate, but last year he told the degree adviser that he changed his mind. Christensen did not explain why. He attends classes as usual and works as a graduate assistant. He got his master's degree in mid-May this year. Dutta, who used to be in his class, said he was shocked after hearing the news. Christensen was a normal person, he recalled? Very calm? .
A China student studying at the University of Illinois told the Global Times reporter on the 2nd that a new discovery was even more shocking. On June 29th, local time, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign held a campus walk and concert to pray for YINGYING ZHANG's safe return home. A CNN reporter posted live photos on Twitter. On July 1 day, some netizens found that the man wearing a black T-shirt and a beard in the upper right corner of the picture resembled Christensen who kidnapped YINGYING ZHANG. At the same time, there are netizens on American social networking sites? Reddit？ Photos were posted on the website, and two people suspected to be Christensens appeared in support of YINGYING ZHANG. Some netizens sent a message to Weibo @ FBI to ask the Iraqi police for verification. At present, this speculation has not been confirmed. Some netizens commented that if the person in the photo is really Christensen, it really makes people feel creepy.
On the morning of July 1, Hong Lei, Consul General of the Consulate General of China in Chicago, rushed to Champaign, Illinois to visit YINGYING ZHANG's family after the FBI announced that the suspect who kidnapped YINGYING ZHANG was locked. Hong Lei said,? After receiving the report from the police last night, we were deeply shocked and deplored by the misfortune that happened to YINGYING ZHANG, and expressed our deep condolences to you. At this difficult time, I hope you must be strong and take care. The murderer's behavior is outrageous, and the Consulate General will urge the US judicial department to conduct a fair trial and let the criminals get the severe punishment they deserve? . YINGYING ZHANG's father and other relatives expressed the hope that the police would continue to intensify the investigation and find YINGYING ZHANG as soon as possible, and that the US Department of Justice would severely punish the murderer. Later, Hong Lei held a conference call with Jones, president of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and others, and conveyed the concerns of YINGYING ZHANG's family to the school and the police, and learned about the police's consideration of arresting the suspect and the next investigation and prosecution.
Jones 1 said in a statement that the school was very sad after learning that Zhang was killed and called on everyone to unite and support Zhang's family and friends. The above-mentioned China students from the University of Illinois told the Global Times reporter that after the US Federal Bureau of Investigation announced the news that YINGYING ZHANG might be killed, the school sent an email to everyone saying that a school-wide commemorative event would be held on the evening of 1. But later, this activity was cancelled. In an email to everyone, Jones said that YINGYING ZHANG's family wanted to keep privacy and space, and the commemoration would be postponed.
According to the Associated Press, the University of Illinois has about 5,600 students from China, making it the largest university in the United States. What happened in YINGYING ZHANG worried the families of foreign students in China. The World Journal quoted Petes, a professor of physics at the university, as saying that this case is likely to affect China students' willingness to enroll. He hopes that everyone will take this matter seriously. A single event? Don't think that the whole campus environment is like this.
YINGYING ZHANG's personal data
YINGYING ZHANG, 1990, a native of Jianyang District, Nanping City, Fujian Province, went to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, located in Illinois, USA) for an exchange study on April 20 17.
Lost contact on June 9, 20 17. 2065438+On June 8th, 2007, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation announced the reward information of Zhang Yingying's kidnapping case, which will reward the informant who can provide his location with 1 ten thousand dollars. The FBI published the identity information of the suspect in "Looking for You", and it was suspected that it was a white male. Chris Matt said that the champagne area is dominated by whites, and the schools are dominated by whites. The suspect is probably white. On June 30th, 2007, 2065438 local time, the FBI arrested a suspect suspected of kidnapping YINGYING ZHANG, a visiting scholar in China. US law enforcement officials believe that YINGYING ZHANG has been killed. 2065438+July, 2007 12, the United States federal grand jury formally charged Brent Christensen7, a criminal suspect suspected of kidnapping YINGYING ZHANG, a visiting scholar in China. On July 20th, the United States central federal district court of Illinois formally arraigned the suspect Christensen, and announced that the official court session of the case was scheduled for September 12.
The contents of the police investigation on the disappearance of YINGYING ZHANG.
Local police searched and found that the last place where YINGYING ZHANG could find her mobile phone was at Champagne bus station, which was different from the bus route she should have taken. The local hospital did not accept the accident patients during her loss, and the police also confirmed that YINGYING ZHANG did not leave the local area by bus, train and other means of transportation.
On June 4th, 20 17, the FBI identified the disappearance of YINGYING ZHANG, a visiting scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in China, as kidnapping.
On June 5, 20 17, the FBI announced that it would expand its search scope for YINGYING ZHANG. On the same day, YINGYING ZHANG's family expressed the hope that all parties would take the news released by authoritative organizations as the standard, so as to avoid the second harm caused by false statements to their relatives.
YINGYING ZHANG, a visiting scholar from China, has been missing in the United States for many days. The FBI decided to display information about YINGYING ZHANG's kidnapping on a roadside billboard in Illinois.
On June 7, 20 17 local time, the police department of the University of Illinois in the United States released the latest news about the disappearance of YINGYING ZHANG, a visiting scholar in China, saying that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) offered a reward of $ kloc-0/000 for information about YINGYING ZHANG's possible whereabouts. The school community credit cooperative set up an account, launched Go Fund Me activities, and paid the living expenses of YINGYING ZHANG's family during school. The fundraising page shows that within 15 hours of fundraising, 890 people have made donations, totaling $29,000.
At 7: 00 pm local time on June 17, the first press conference was held to introduce the relevant situation. It was announced at the press conference that the criminals and YINGYING ZHANG's family jointly searched for YINGYING ZHANG, and the reward of the family was increased to $40,000.
On June 22, 20 17, the FBI listed YINGYING ZHANG, a visiting scholar at the University of Illinois, as the bureau? National priority case? .
20 17 On June 28th, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation issued an announcement on the latest development of the kidnapping of YINGYING ZHANG, a visiting scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in China. The announcement said that the police had found the vehicle involved.
On June 30th, 2007, 2065438 local time, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested a suspect suspected of kidnapping YINGYING ZHANG, a visiting scholar in China. US law enforcement officials believe that YINGYING ZHANG has been killed.
According to information released by the US police, surveillance video shows Christensen driving a black Saturn sedan. At 2pm local time on June 9th, Christensen parked his car next to YINGYING ZHANG, at the intersection of W. Clark Street and N. Goodwin Avenue. The video shows that YINGYING ZHANG then enters the car and sits in the co-pilot position. The vehicle left immediately and continued to drive north along N. Goodwin Avenue.
According to the information of the US Department of Justice, during YINGYING ZHANG's disappearance, the US police and the university community in YINGYING ZHANG have been tracking the case. According to Christensen's criminal indictment released on June 29th, American law enforcement agencies have overheard Christensen's own statement about kidnapping YINGYING ZHANG. According to other relevant information obtained in the investigation, American law enforcement agencies believe that YINGYING ZHANG has been killed.
20 17 On July 2nd, the man suspected of kidnapping YINGYING ZHANG was prosecuted.
On July 3, 20 17, the federal court for the central district of Illinois announced that Brent? Answer? Christensen cannot be released on bail and will remain in detention until the next trial.
201July 5, 2007 Eric, Judge of the Federal Court for the Central District of Illinois, USA? Lang refused to kidnap Brent, a visiting scholar from China? Christensen applied for bail on the grounds that the evidence provided by the prosecution proved that Christensen was extremely dangerous to society.
2065438+On July 6, 2007, the United States Federal Court for the Central District of Illinois held the second hearing against Christensen.
On July 8, 20 17, the suspect's father was unknown, and the suspect's lawyer was the deputy mayor of Champaign, USA.
2065438+July 2007, new clues emerged in YINGYING ZHANG's case, and many witnesses claimed to have seen her in Salem town.
20 17 On July 4th, Christensen went to the federal court in Urbana, Illinois for the third time to attend the preliminary hearing of the case, which will decide whether there is enough evidence to prosecute the defendant.
On July 20 17 12, the US federal grand jury formally charged Brent Christensen, a suspect suspected of kidnapping YINGYING ZHANG, a visiting scholar in China. The original pre-trial of 14 was cancelled, and the date of arraignment is to be determined.
201July 14, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang said that China will continue to pay close attention to the progress of YINGYING ZHANG's case and strongly hope that the US judicial department will try the case fairly according to law so that justice can be done.
2065438+On July 20th, 2007, the U.S. Federal District Court for the Central District of Illinois formally accused the suspect Christensen of kidnapping YINGYING ZHANG, a visiting scholar in China. The defense lawyer said that Christensen would plead not guilty. The federal judge announced that the formal hearing of the case was scheduled for September 12.
2065438+On August 22nd, 2007, five members of YINGYING ZHANG's family held a press conference in Champagne I-Hotel and issued a petition letter to President Trump. I hope the president can instruct the U.S. justice department to use all resources to help find YINGYING ZHANG as soon as possible? . In addition, Zhang Yimou's boyfriend Hou Xiaolin mentioned that according to the evidence, new evidence has been presented, but he doesn't know the details. He also said on behalf of Zhang's family. Live to see people, die to see bodies? The family didn't return to China until they found YINGYING ZHANG.
2065438+On August 23, 2007, the lawyer representing the suspect in YINGYING ZHANG's disappearance case said that he planned to apply to the local court for longer preparation time to defend the suspect Brendt Christensen.
On the afternoon of August 28th, 20 17, US time, a pre-trial hearing was held in the federal court in Urbana. Judge Colin Bruce agreed to the request of the lawyer of the suspect Brendt Christensen, and postponed the trial date from 2,065,438+on September 2, 2007 to 2,065,438+.
2065438+On September 8, 2007, the kidnapping case of Zhang Yingying, a visiting scholar at China University in Illinois, USA, was retried, and the judge agreed with the suspect Brandt? Christensen's lawyer Bruno and his two sons withdrew from the defense request. The reason is that the suspect is unable to pay the lawyer's fee, and the federal prosecutor will file an additional lawsuit.
2065438+On September 8, 2007, the kidnapping case of Zhang Yingying, a visiting scholar at the University of Illinois in the United States, opened. The judge agreed to the request of the original lawyer group of the suspect, dismissed his agent for the suspect, and agreed to appoint a public defender to represent the suspect.
20 17 10 10 in the early morning of October 3 (Beijing time 10 in the early morning of October 4 10), the federal grand jury of the United States added charges to the suspect in the YINGYING ZHANG case and formally decided to take? Kidnapping to death Sue the suspect Christensen.
20171011,Christensen, a suspect in the kidnapping case in Zhang Yingying, was arraigned for the second time in the Champaign Federal District Court. YINGYING ZHANG's parents, younger brother and boyfriend all appeared in court, while the suspect Christensen still pleaded not guilty. This is the first time that YINGYING ZHANG's mother directly confronted the suspect Christensen. Unable to control her excitement, she was helped to rest outside the court before the trial.
2065438+0717124 October, a visiting scholar from China, YINGYING ZHANG, filed a motion with the court, requesting to postpone the trial date of the case.
20 1 1 1712 October, regarding the murder of China female scholar YINGYING ZHANG in the United States, the U.S. federal prosecutor announced that she opposed the defense motion put forward by the defense lawyer of the suspect Christensen, and requested to postpone the trial date.
20 1 1 17 10. In October, Brendt Christensen, an American suspect suspected of kidnapping YINGYING ZHANG, a visiting scholar in China, filed a motion to postpone the trial date with the court through his defense lawyer. On June 1 15, he was arrested by Colin Bruce, a federal court judge in Urbana. Bruce said that the suspect had enough time to review the relevant evidence and documents, so the jury trial date of the whole case was set at 2065438+February 27, 2008.