Missing Chinese student believed to be dead, as US man is charged with her kidnap
Suspect ‘explained’ while under surveillance how he kidnapped visiting scholar from streets near her university, FBI says
An Illinois man has been arrested and charged with the kidnap of Chinese student Zhang Yingying, who vanished from the quiet streets of a small US city three weeks ago, local US media reported.
The woman, who was a visiting scholar at the University of Illinios, is now believed to be dead.
Brendt Christensen, 27, was arrested on Friday after being under surveillance by the FBI.
On his charge sheet, the intelligence agency stated that Christensen had been overheard on Thursday explaining that he kidnapped Zhang.
An FBI press release said that, “based on this, and other facts uncovered during the investigation of this matter, law enforcement agents believe that Ms. Zhang is no longer alive”.