Pembunuhan Yingying Zhang: Perbedaan antara revisi

'''Yingying Zhang''' ({{zh|s=章莹颖|t=章瑩穎|p=Zhāng Yíngyǐng}}) ({{lahirmati|[[Nanping]]|21|12|1990|Champaign|9|6|2017}}) lahir di kota [[Nanping]], [[Provinsi Fujian]], dari pasangan Ronggao Zhang dan Lifeng Ye. Zhang memiliki satu adik laki-laki bernama Zhengyang.<ref name="CT0624">{{cite web |last1=MUNKS |first1=JAMIE |title=Federal jury finds Brendt Christensen guilty of kidnapping, slaying of Chinese scholar at U. of I. |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-brendt-christensen-u-of-i-killer-trial-closings-20190624-7egg6wsmxbhrziuaxu7pyeufm4-story.html |publisher=CHICAGO TRIBUNE |accessdate=6 November 2021 |location=Peoria, IL |date=24 Juni 2019}}</ref> Dia aktif dalam sebuah grup musik dan bercita-cita menjadi profesor di negaranya.<ref name=NobodySaw>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-missing-illinois-student-charges-20170630-story.html|title='Nobody saw this coming': Arrest in Chinese scholar's disappearance stuns U. of I. community |first1=Dawn| last1=Rhodes |first2=Grace |last2=Wong |first3=Robert|last3=McCoppin|website=[[The Chicago Tribune]] |date=30 Juni 2017 |accessdate=6 November 2021}}</ref> Pada tahun 2013, Zhang lulus dari [[Universitas Sun Yat-sen]] dengan nilai tertinggi di kelasnya.<ref>{{cite web| last=Masterson |first=Matt |title=Defense Attorney: 'Brendt Christensen Killed Yingying Zhang' |url=https://news.wttw.com/2019/06/12/defense-attorney-brendt-christensen-killed-yingying-zhang |date=12 Juni 2019 |accessdate=6 November 2021 |publisher=WTTW}}</ref> Pada 2016, ia lulus dari [[Universitas Peking]].<ref name=USVC612/> Zhang adalah seorang sarjana tamu di [[Akademi Ilmu Pengetahuan Tiongkok]]<ref name=ChinaDaily>{{cite news |title=US police seek information on car where missing Chinese scholar last seen |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2017-06/13/content_29723861.htm |work=[[China Daily]] |date=13 Juni 2017 |access-date=6 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620212906/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2017-06/13/content_29723861.htm |archive-date=20 Juni 2017 }}</ref> sebelum berangkat ke Amerika. Dia tiba di Amerika pada April 2017 untuk melakukan penelitian tentang [[fotosintesis]] dan produktivitas pertanian selama satu tahun<ref name=CTGrandJury/> di Departemen Sumber Daya Alam dan Ilmu Lingkungan,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nres.uiuc.edu/ |title=Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences: College of ACES, University of Illinois |publisher=Nres.uiuc.edu |accessdate=6 November 2021}}</ref> Fakultas Pertanian, Konsumen, dan Ilmu Lingkungan di Universitas Illinois di Urbana-Champaign.<ref name=APinvestigates>{{cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]] |title=FBI Investigates Chinese Woman's Disappearance as Kidnapping |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/fbi-investigates-chinese-womans-disappearance-as-kidnapping/2017/06/15/66b00694-51e6-11e7-b74e-0d2785d3083d_story.html |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=15 Juni 2017 |access-date=6 November 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615180259/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/fbi-investigates-chinese-womans-disappearance-as-kidnapping/2017/06/15/66b00694-51e6-11e7-b74e-0d2785d3083d_story.html |archive-date=15 Juni 2017 }}</ref> Dia sedang mempertimbangkan untuk mendaftar di program doktoral di Universitas Illinois.<ref name=NobodySaw/> Zhang berencana menikahi kekasihnya, Xiaolin Hou, pada Oktober 2017.<ref name=USVC612>{{cite web|url=https://news.wttw.com/sites/default/files/article/file-attachments/JT%20CHRISTENSEN%20%20VOLUME%208A%20%28Redacted%29.pdf |title=United States of America vs. Brendt A. Christensen, Jury Trial (Volume 8A) |date=12 Juni 2021 |accessdate=6 November 2021}}</ref>

Pada siang hari tanggal 9 Juni 2017, Zhang melakukan perjalanan dengan bus di Urbana menuju kompleks apartemen di luar kampus di mana ia berencana untuk menandatangani kontrak sewa apartemen baru. Dia terlambat dan mengirim pesan teks ke agen penyewaan pada pukul 13:39. untuk memberi tahu bahwa ia akan tiba sekitar pukul 14:10.<ref name=NobodySaw/> Setelah naik satu bus, dia turun pada pukul 13:52, untuk melanjutkan perjalanan dengan bus yang lain. Namun, karena dia berada di sisi jalan yang salah, bus tidak berhenti setelah dia mencoba memberhentikannya.<ref name=NobodySaw/> Pihak transportasi umum menyatakan bahwa berhentinya bus bagi pejalan kaki di sisi jalan yang salah adalah pelanggaran aturan, karena hal itu akan mengganggu lalu lintas yang akan datang.<ref name=NGBus>{{cite web |first=Debra |last=Pressey |title=MTD: It's wrong to blame bus driver who didn't stop for scholar|url=http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-07-06/mtd-its-wrong-blame-bus-driver-who-didnt-stop-scholar.html |work=[[The News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana)|The News-Gazette]] |date=6 JulyJuli 2017 |accessdate=96 JulyNovember 20172021}}</ref>

Zhang kemudian berjalan ke halte bus lain beberapa blok jauhnya di dekat Adimarga North Goodwin dan Jalan West Clark, tepat di depan stasiun radio dan televisi.<ref name=CTGrandJury>{{cite web |first=Dawn |last=Rhodes |title=Grand jury indicts former U. of I. physics student in Chinese scholar's kidnapping |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-university-of-illinois-kidnapping-indictment-20170712-story.html |work=Chicago Tribune |date= 12 JulyJuli 2017 |accessdate=196 JulyNovember 20172021}}</ref> Kamera pengintai menunjukkan sebuah mobil Saturn Astra hitam melewatinya pada pukul 14:00, saat Zhang sedang menunggu di halte bus, lalu berputar balik dan berhenti di tempat ia menunggu pada pukul 14.03.<ref name=NobodySaw/><ref name=CriminalComplaint>{{cite web |last=Manganaro |first=Anthony |title=Criminal Complaint |url=http://police.illinois.edu/dpsapp/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/christensen-complnt.pdf |website=Illinois Police |publisher=[[United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois]] |date=30 JuneJuni 2017 |accessdate=86 JulyNovember 20172021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807173416/http://police.illinois.edu/dpsapp/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/christensen-complnt.pdf |archive-date=7 AugustAgustus 2017}}</ref><ref name=FBIvideo>{{cite web |title=Surveillance Video of Missing Student Yingying Zhang |url=https://www.fbi.gov/video-repository/ui_police_search_for_missing_person_060917.mp4/view |website=[[FBI]] official website|accessdate=76 JulyNovember 20172021}}</ref> Zhang berbicara dengan pengemudi selama kurang lebih satu menit, dan kemudian masuk ke dalam mobil.<ref name=FBIvideo/>

Departemen Kepolisian Universitas Illinois dan Departemen Kepolisian Urbana bekerja sama dengan agen FBI untuk menemukan Zhang, menawarkan hadiah sebesar US$10.000 untuk informasi yang mengarah ke keberadaannya.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schenk |first=Mary |date=17 JuneJuni 2017 |title=FBI offers up to $10,000 reward for info leading to missing scholar |url=http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-06-17/fbi-offers-10000-reward-info-leading-missing-scholar.html |work=[[The News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana)|The News-Gazette]] |access-date=186 JuneNovember 20172021 }}</ref> Himpunan mahasiswa Tiongkok di universitas juga ikut membantu upaya pencarian di dalam dan sekitar kampus.<ref name=NobodySaw/><ref>{{cite news |last=Jackson |first=Marcus |date=17 JuneJuni 2017 |title=Chinese UI students helping with search for missing countrywoman |url=http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-06-17/chinese-ui-students-helping-search-missing-countrywoman.html |work=[[The News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana)|The News-Gazette]] |access-date=186 JuneNovember 20172021 }}</ref><ref name=NobodySaw/> Pada tanggal 17 Juni, ayah Zhang, seorang bibi dari pihak ibu (adik ipar ayahnya), dan kekasihnya tiba di Champaign untuk berkoordinasi dengan pihak berwenang dan turut membantu pencarian.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Schenk|first=Mary|url=http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-07-01/yingying-zhang-family-came-first.html|title=For Yingying Zhang, family came first|access-date=2017-08-196 November 2021|date=1 JulyJuli 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2017-06/19/content_29795508.htm|title=Missing student's family arrives in US, FBI offers reward- World – Chinadaily.com.cn|website=China Daily|access-date=2017-08-196 November 2021}}</ref> Pada 19 Juni, Universitas Illinois bersama dengan organisasi Champaign County Crime Stoppers, mengumumkan hadiah sebesar $40.000 untuk informasi yang mengarah pada penangkapan pelaku penculikan Zhang.<ref name=SeparateReward>{{Cite news |first=Tim |last=Mitchell |url=http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-06-19/updated-separate-40000-reward-announced-case-missing-ui-scholar.html |title=Updated: Separate $40,000 reward announced in case of missing UI scholar |work=[[The News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana)|The News-Gazette]] |date=19 JuneJuni 2017 |access-date=206 June 2017November 2021|language=en}}</ref> Hadiah ini adalah yang terbesar yang pernah ditawarkan selama sejarah 31 tahun organisasi itu.<ref name=SeparateReward /> Pada tanggal 14 Juli hadiahnya ditambah menjadi $50.000.<ref name=NGWillNotLeave>{{cite news |last=Pressey |first=Debra |date=14 JulyJuli 2017 |title=Missing UI scholar's family 'will not leave ... without her' |url=http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-07-14/missing-ui-scholars-family-will-not-leave-without-her.html |work=[[The News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana)|The News-Gazette]] |access-date=146 JulyNovember 20172021 }}</ref> Keluarga Zhang bertekad tidak akan meninggalkan negara itu sampai Zhang ditemukan.<ref name=NGWillNotLeave/> Pada 19 Agustus, ibu dan adik Zhang ikut bertolak ke Amerika Serikat.<ref name=Trump>{{cite web|title=Missing UI scholar's family appeals to Trump for help finding her|last=Wurth|first=Julie|url=http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-08-22/missing-ui-scholars-family-appeals-trump-help-finding-her.html|website=The News-Gazette|date=August 22, Agustus 2017|accessdate=August6 22,November 20172021}}</ref>

Beberapa warga telah melaporkan melihat seorang wanita Asia yang cocok dengan ciri-ciri Zhang di [[Salem, Illinois]] pada 16 Juni. Keluarga Zhang pergi ke Salem untuk mengikuti kemungkinan petunjuk itu dan FBI menyelidiki laporan tersebut, tetapi kemudian didapati kalau wanita itu bukan Zhang.<ref name=KMOV>{{cite web |first=Dan |last=Greenwald |title=FBI investigating possible sightings of missing Illinois student |url=http://www.kmov.com/story/35837753/fbi-investigating-possible-sightings-of-missing-illinois-student |website=KMOV 4 |date=7 JulyJuli 2017 |accessdate=196 JulyNovember 2021 |archive-date=2017-09-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909131034/http://www.kmov.com/story/35837753/fbi-investigating-possible-sightings-of-missing-illinois-student |dead-url=yes }}</ref><ref name=Salem>{{cite web |title=Salem Police Say Asian Woman Seen In Salem Last Month Wasn't Missing Kidnap Victim |url=http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2017/07/11/salem-police-say-asian-woman-seen-in-salem-last-month-wasnt-missing-kidnap-victim- |website=WJBD Radio |date=11 JulyJuli 2017 |accessdate=196 JulyNovember 20172021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717010017/http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2017/07/11/salem-police-say-asian-woman-seen-in-salem-last-month-wasnt-missing-kidnap-victim- |archive-date=17 JulyJuli 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Universitas mengumumkan bahwa mereka berencana memasang kamera keamanan tambahan beresolusi tinggi di lingkungan kampus.<ref name=WQAD8Security>{{cite web |first=Christina |last=Lorey |title=University of Illinois increasing security on campus following kidnapping |url=http://wqad.com/2017/07/06/university-of-illinois-increasing-security-on-campus-following-kidnapping/ |publisher=[[WQAD-TV]] |date=6 JulyJuli 2017 |accessdate=96 JulyNovember 20172021}}</ref>