On June 30th, the FBI announced the arrest of Brent A. Christensen, a 27-year-old white man, and accused him of kidnapping YINGYING ZHANG, a visiting scholar in China. According to the FBI, according to the interrogation record of Christensen and relevant clues collected, YINGYING ZHANG is believed to have died. However, the FBI did not make it clear that the body had been found. A media statement from the US Department of Justice said that Christensen will attend the federal court hearing for the first time on July 3.
In the morning, the reporter contacted Wang Zhidong, a lawyer from China who provided legal aid to YINGYING ZHANG's family. He said that YINGYING ZHANG's family had two demands for this case, one was to find YINGYING ZHANG and take her home, and the other was to sue the suspect for death. Wang Zhidong believes that the trial time of this case will be quite long, and the key of the first trial is whether the suspect pleads guilty or not, and whether he is released on bail pending trial.
Deng Hong, a lawyer in China, told reporters that the case was to prosecute the kidnapping suspect in the federal court. If YINGYING ZHANG's murder is confirmed and the prosecutor finds that YINGYING ZHANG's murder is related to the defendant, the defendant may face the death penalty.
Wang Zhidong said that regarding the whereabouts of YINGYING ZHANG, the US police only revealed the current situation. In addition, this case is a criminal offence. The prosecutor filed a lawsuit on behalf of the government lawyer, and the defense may and has hired a lawyer to represent Christensen.