MURDERED: YINGYING ZHANG

9/23 episode early and ad-free

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When Chinese graduate student Yingying Zhang agreed to spend a year in America, she did so by looking forward to the opportunities it would present for her future. However, in June of 2017, 26-year-old Yingying would go missing while on her way to an appointment. Over the next several weeks, a dark saga would begin to play out as police began figuring out what had happened to her...

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Sources for this Episode

Wikipedia - Kidnapping and murder of Yingying Zhang

Official Criminal Complaint

Official Opening Statements

FBI - Surveillance Video

Illinois University Police Department - Updates & Images

WCIA - Reporter's Notebook: Complete notes from the Christensen trial

The News-Gazette - "FBI offers up to $10,000 reward for info leading to missing scholar"

Chicago Sun Times - "'Wannabe serial killer' Googled murder instructions before Chinese scholar disappeared"

WTTW - "Brendt Christensen Offered to Reveal Location of Yingying Zhang's Body"

WTTW - "Finding Yingying Zhang's Remains 'May Be Impossible' Family Says After New Details Surface"

CBS Chicago - "Yingying Zhang's Family Told Her Body Likely In Landfill Near Danville, But 'May Be Impossible' To Recover"