On June 9, 2017 a visiting Chinese scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign was waiting for a bus in broad daylight when a car stops at the bus stop, right next to her. Instead of waiting for the bus any longer, the scholar gets in the car. She would never be seen again. This is the story Yingying Zhang.
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Resources:
Finding Yingying (MTV, 2020)
Wire transcript: https://www.ilcd.uscourts.gov/sites/ilcd/files/Govt%20Ex%2029-TR.pdf
That Chapter YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J42vf5gYqdc
https://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/brendt-christensen-claimed-killed-12-yingying-zhang-part-67057864
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-missing-illinois-student-charges-20170630-story.html
https://news.wttw.com/2019/06/12/defense-attorney-brendt-christensen-killed-yingying-zhang
https://heavy.com/news/2017/07/yingying-zhang-photos-pictures-ying-facebook-pics-brendt-christensen/
https://wsvn.com/news/us-world/illinois-man-charged-with-kidnapping-chinese-scholar/
https://heavy.com/entertainment/2019/11/yingying-zhang-family/
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/crime/life-is-too-short-to-be-ordinary-reads-the-final-excerpt-from-still-missing-university-of-illinois-students-diary/526-dc5b8b0b-4f07-42bb-8132-e3ecd8e78314
https://www.facebook.com/MissingPiecesNetwork/posts/update-6-30-17a-suspect-has-been-arrested-in-the-kidnapping-of-visiting-chinese-/1688633338109504/
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/06/university-discovers-solution-to-drop-in-chinese-students-insurance.html
https://news.wttw.com/2019/07/18/brendt-christensen-sentenced-life-yingying-zhang-killing
https://abcnews.go.com/US/trial-begins-illinois-man-missing-chinese-scholar-case/story?id=63447958
https://meaww.com/finding-yingying-documentary-film-brendt-christensen-girlfriend-lover-bdsm-terra-bullis-wire-fbi
https://dailyillini.com/news-stories/2018/10/09/memorial-garden-dedicated-to--missing-scholar-yingying-zhang/
https://heavy.com/entertainment/2019/11/brendt-christensen-girlfriend-terra-bullis/
https://medium.com/@grantbjork92/the-kidnapping-and-murder-of-yingying-zhang-3071b94314f3
Pronunciation resources:
https://translate.google.cn/?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&text=章&op=translate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CwvkGE0kag
Music Used:
Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Deadly Roulette by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3625-deadly-roulette
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Fretless by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3777-fretless
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Sponsor:
Babbel: Babbel.com/diaries
Follow us on instagram @themurderdiariespod or email us at themurderdiariespod@gmail.com
Help support the podcast: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mdiariespod
Resources:
Finding Yingying (MTV, 2020)
Wire transcript: https://www.ilcd.uscourts.gov/sites/ilcd/files/Govt%20Ex%2029-TR.pdf
That Chapter YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J42vf5gYqdc
https://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/brendt-christensen-claimed-killed-12-yingying-zhang-part-67057864
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-missing-illinois-student-charges-20170630-story.html
https://news.wttw.com/2019/06/12/defense-attorney-brendt-christensen-killed-yingying-zhang
https://heavy.com/news/2017/07/yingying-zhang-photos-pictures-ying-facebook-pics-brendt-christensen/
https://wsvn.com/news/us-world/illinois-man-charged-with-kidnapping-chinese-scholar/
https://heavy.com/entertainment/2019/11/yingying-zhang-family/
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/crime/life-is-too-short-to-be-ordinary-reads-the-final-excerpt-from-still-missing-university-of-illinois-students-diary/526-dc5b8b0b-4f07-42bb-8132-e3ecd8e78314
https://www.facebook.com/MissingPiecesNetwork/posts/update-6-30-17a-suspect-has-been-arrested-in-the-kidnapping-of-visiting-chinese-/1688633338109504/
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/06/university-discovers-solution-to-drop-in-chinese-students-insurance.html
https://news.wttw.com/2019/07/18/brendt-christensen-sentenced-life-yingying-zhang-killing
https://abcnews.go.com/US/trial-begins-illinois-man-missing-chinese-scholar-case/story?id=63447958
https://meaww.com/finding-yingying-documentary-film-brendt-christensen-girlfriend-lover-bdsm-terra-bullis-wire-fbi
https://dailyillini.com/news-stories/2018/10/09/memorial-garden-dedicated-to--missing-scholar-yingying-zhang/
https://heavy.com/entertainment/2019/11/brendt-christensen-girlfriend-terra-bullis/
https://medium.com/@grantbjork92/the-kidnapping-and-murder-of-yingying-zhang-3071b94314f3
Pronunciation resources:
https://translate.google.cn/?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&text=章&op=translate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CwvkGE0kag
Music Used:
Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Deadly Roulette by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3625-deadly-roulette
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Fretless by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3777-fretless
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
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