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/soc/ialite Brendt Christensen arrested in kidnapping and possible murder of Yingying Zhang 2017-07-04 08:35:29 Post No. 132387195
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/soc/ialite Brendt Christensen arrested in kidnapping and possible murder of Yingying Zhang
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2017-07-04 08:35:29
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Brendt Christensen charged with kidnapping and possibly murdering Yingying Zhang is also suspected of frequenting /soc/ and his steam account activity:
https://archive.fo/yGlo8
Federal authorities have arrested and charged a 28-year-old man with kidnapping Yingying Zhang, a visiting scholar at the University of Illinois who disappeared three weeks ago and now is presumed dead.
Brendt Christensen, a former Ph.D. candidate who had studied physics at the university, was arrested late Friday (~9pm), according to the Department of Justice. A federal complaint also was filed Friday in the Central District of Illinois accusing him of kidnapping Zhang from the Urbana-Champaign campus the afternoon of June 9.
Authorities also searched Christensen’s home and seized electronics, including his phone, according to the affidavit. The phone’s search history revealed visits to a bondage and sadomasochism fetish website called FetLife and a forum called "Abduction 101," as well as subthreads titled “Perfect abduction fantasy” and "planning a kidnapping," according to the affidavit. The searches to those websites had occurred several weeks before the alleged abduction, around April 19.
On June 29 the day before he was arrested, Brendt admitted in an undercover audio surveillance of admitting to kidnapping and holding Yingying against her will in his apartment.
Suspected steam user account (unverified, last online Fri 9pm): https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198074575257
Anonymous post claims body in Vermilion county: https://www.reddit.com/r/UIUC/comments/6l56sp/spoiler_alert/
Brendt attending Yingying's walk day before he was arrested (top right, white guy in black tee):
1) http://i.magaimg.net/img/vw9.jpg
2) http://i.magaimg.net/img/vw6.jpg
3) http://i.magaimg.net/img/w0b.jpg
4) http://i.magaimg.net/img/w0c.jpg
Video of Brendt: https://twitter.com/WCIA3Eades/status/881968352058650624
Brendt in high school (guy with long hair): https://youtu.be/7MLT5xZYVkM
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He told them he couldn't recall what he was doing the day Zhang disappeared, according to FBI Special Agent Anthony Manganaro's affidavit.
When Christensen was interviewed again, he told investigators he picked up an Asian woman who said she was late for an appointment.
But the 28-year-old claimed he let her out in a residential area since she panicked after he made a wrong turn.
But Christensen was under surveillance when he was captured in an audio recording on June 29 - the same day he attended the rally - explaining how he took Zhang to his apartment and held her against her will.
Based on his comments, along with other facts uncovered during the investigation, FBI agents believe Zhang is no longer alive.
Asked if authorities had any leads on where Zhang's body might be, FBI spokesperson Bradley Ware declined comment.
Another person who lived with Christensen consented to a search of the home, and the FBI obtained his phone, which included a browser history of abduction threads.
A search of Christensen's car also indicated the front passenger door had been 'cleaned to a more diligent extent than the other vehicle doors,' the criminal complaint said.
'Based on my training and experience, I believe that this type of action may be indicative of an attempt to conceal or destroy evidence,' Manganaro said
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