Yingying Zhang

Episode 13. Yingying Zhang

In 2017, a young Chinese student studying abroad in the US abruptly disappeared after missing a bus. Authorities investigating her disappearance discovered that a man on campus noticed her distress and offered her a ride to her destination - making him the last person to ever see her alive.

Sources: the Central District of Illinois official complaint (United States of America V. Brendt Christensen), Trial Transcripts, the Daily Journal, the Chicago Tribune, ABCNews, NewsChannel 20 (ABC), WGNTV, Justice.Gov, WTTWNews , CBS Chicago, Southern Illinoisan, Fox Illinois, SCMP, Daily Illini