Yingying Zhang travelled from her home in China to Illinois in April 2017 to spend a year in the US as a visiting scholar. It was supposed to be an exciting year of studying, discovery, travel, and romance as she planned her wedding for the autumn. However, on a Friday afternoon in June, Yingying missed a bus that changed the course of her life.
**Descriptions of violence and sexual assault timestamp - 23:00 - 24:35**
References and further reading:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Yingying_Zhang
- https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-missing-illinois-student-charges-20170630-story.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170620212906/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2017-06/13/content_29723861.htm
- https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-brendt-christensen-u-of-i-killer-trial-closings-20190624-7egg6wsmxbhrziuaxu7pyeufm4-story.html
- https://news.wttw.com/2019/06/12/defense-attorney-brendt-christensen-killed-yingying-zhang
- https://www.indiewire.com/2020/12/finding-yingying-trailer-jenny-shi-1234604014/
- https://www.news-gazette.com/news/mtd-its-wrong-to-blame-bus-driver-who-didnt-stop-for-scholar/article_2e811f61-33e5-50ea-8021-f84a90096f7e.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170807173416/http://police.illinois.edu/dpsapp/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/christensen-complnt.pdf
- https://www.fbi.gov/video-repository/ui_police_search_for_missing_person_060917.mp4/view
- https://www.news-gazette.com/news/missing-ui-scholars-family-will-not-leave-without-her/article_22385a9d-2a6a-5a4e-9f98-1d036e2c03ae.html
- https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3015488/brendt-christensen-accused-killer-chinese-scholar
- https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/defense-trial-chinese-scholars-death-63667947
- https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/18/us/brendt-christensen-chinese-student-death-sentence/index.html
- https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/08/07/yingying-zhang-slain-chinese-scholar-body-danville-landfill/
- https://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/brendt-christensen-claimed-killed-12-yingying-zhang-part-67057864
- https://www.weareresonate.com/2020/11/murder-of-chinese-scholar-yingying-zhang-has-been-turned-into-a-documentary-film/
- https://abc7chicago.com/brendt-christensen-yingying-zhang-trial-uiuc/5592798/
- https://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/yingying-zhang-investigation-missing-person-kidnapping-case-part-67057774
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nNBm51I3vw
- https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-missing-illinois-student-charges-20170630-story.html
