It’s been more than two months after the FBI and police declared the family of the kidnapped Chinese students , Jinjin Zhangthat she was dead. But the body has never been found. All this time the girl’s relatives are in Illinois, in the town of Urbana-Champaign, where Jinjin were stolen. They require answers, because the suspect was arrested.
Recall, 26-year-old Chinese student went missing on June 9, a few weeks after she came to the University of Illinois to conduct research and obtain a degree in agriculture. A surveillance camera recorded, as the girl sits in the front seat of the black «Saturn Astra» around campus. Was then arrested 28-year-old at Brandt Christensen. Authorities say he lured a student into his car as she was late for an important meeting, and then kept in his apartment and killed him.
Attorney Christensen said in an interview with ABC News that his client did not recognize himself guilty.
Boyfriend Jinjin, Xiaolin HOU, said the girl’s mother practically not eating or sleeping, she is very ill. Father is also ill.
«During these two months in America every day he asked me the same question: why is there still no information on the whereabouts of his daughter,» said Xiaolin.
He added that parents do not want to return to China without a body of his daughter. «This may be the last desire that we can fulfill for her.»
Family members Jinjin wrote a letter to President Donald Trump with the request that he «directed all Federal investigative resources available as soon as possible to find our daughter.»
«As a loving father, you can understand that we are experiencing,» reads the letter.
The trial at present Kristensens scheduled for 12 September.
Letter that Yingying Zhang’s family wrote @POTUS — Zhang went missing on June 9 while at @Illinois_Alma. Story to come via @TheDailyIllini pic.twitter.com/nUcvluaLrf
— Jessica (@jbursz) August 22, 2017
