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>

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 Juni 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=6 November 2021 }}</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 Juni 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=6 November 2021 }}</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=6 November 2021|date=1 Juli 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=6 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 Juni 2017 |access-date=6 November 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 Juli 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=6 November 2021 }}</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=22 Agustus 2017|accessdate=6 November 2021}}</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 Juli 2017 |accessdate=6 November 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 Juli 2017 |accessdate=6 November 2021 |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 Juli 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>