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He is currently being charged with kidnapping which can carry a life sentence in the U.S.
Deceased/Not Found IL - Yingying Zhang, 26, Urbana, 9 June 2017 #3 *Arrest*
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He is currently being charged with kidnapping which can carry a life sentence in the U.S.
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Tricia will be making a decision about what is allowed for discussion regarding FetLife. It is relevant to this case, but the focus should be on what BC may have been doing on FetLife, not what people who have not been charged with crimes may or may not be doing on FetLife. That falls into the category of none of our business and not relevant to this case.
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Based on this article, it looks like the 5th will be a detention hearing in which the bond will be set. The article mentions that a law firm is representing BC, am I correct that that means he is not being represented by a public defender?
It's good to see such a large crowd coming out to support Yingying.
Even if there were no other evidence found, I think a jury would convict on the kidnapping charge, based on his admission that he picked her up, and then whatever the audio turns out to be. It's so blindingly obvious what his intentions were and what must have happened, and juries want justice, not to let someone off because of some very unlikely scenario that might possibly have happened. For example, if she had panicked in the car and he had let her out, what's the likelihood she wouldn't immediately use her phone, they must have evidence about it. Or the likelihood she'd trust yet another stranger.
And with the audio recording, he was a PhD candidate in physics, not mentally challenged, or a compulsive liar, or otherwise someone who doesn't know the difference between fantasy and reality. People have been convicted when they admitted their crime to a jailhouse cellmate, in this case they have his actual words. I think the standards of justice demand that when the prime suspect admits, without coercion, that he did in fact commit the crime, the system is going to take him at his word!
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Even if there were no other evidence found, I think a jury would convict on the kidnapping charge, based on his admission that he picked her up, and then whatever the audio turns out to be. It's so blindingly obvious what his intentions were and what must have happened, and juries want justice, not to let someone off because of some very unlikely scenario that might possibly have happened. For example, if she had panicked in the car and he had let her out, what's the likelihood she wouldn't immediately use her phone, they must have evidence about it. Or the likelihood she'd trust yet another stranger.
And with the audio recording, he was a PhD candidate in physics, not mentally challenged, or a compulsive liar, or otherwise someone who doesn't know the difference between fantasy and reality. People have been convicted when they admitted their crime to a jailhouse cellmate, in this case they have his actual words. I think the standards of justice demand that when the prime suspect admits, without coercion, that he did in fact commit the crime, the system is going to take him at his word!
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Tricia and I are collaborating on this today. Hopefully I'll have a robust post this evening.
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Thank you so much Mrs. O. for all your work on that.
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The car was registered to BC per the criminal complaint, so it didn't belong to anyone else. Once the video was released and showed an Astra, since it was registered in his name and LE would no doubt find out, he was smarter to clean the car and hope for the best than to start acting suspiciously, e.g., parking the car at another location which would have suggested he had something to hide.
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This article has some interesting comments from BC's attorney.... http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...tudent-abduction-met-0704-20170703-story.html
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Long asked Christensen's attorney, Evan Bruno of the Urbana-based Bruno Law Firm, whether he was ready to take a stand on bail.
When Bruno asked for a few days, Long set a detention hearing for 3 p.m. Wednesday. At that time, bond will be determined.
Talking with reporters outside the courthouse, Bruno said he'd met with his client a few times but "this case is very young and we haven't had a really full opportunity to develop everything yet.”
Bruno emphasized the importance of maintaining a presumption of innocence for his client, adding: “My job is to make sure that happens."
"There's a long road ahead. I encourage everyone to be patient, to keep an open mind, wait 'til the evidence comes in," Bruno said.
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/lo...e-back-court-wednesday-detention-hearing.html
When Bruno asked for a few days, Long set a detention hearing for 3 p.m. Wednesday. At that time, bond will be determined.
Talking with reporters outside the courthouse, Bruno said he'd met with his client a few times but "this case is very young and we haven't had a really full opportunity to develop everything yet.”
Bruno emphasized the importance of maintaining a presumption of innocence for his client, adding: “My job is to make sure that happens."
"There's a long road ahead. I encourage everyone to be patient, to keep an open mind, wait 'til the evidence comes in," Bruno said.
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/lo...e-back-court-wednesday-detention-hearing.html
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Thank you!
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From your link:
"This is a case that a lot of people have been following," Bruno said after the hearing. "There's a lot going on in this case, and a lot of people have made up their minds about what happens. Now is the point in time where a lot of really good, really old laws kick in to make sure that the process is fair, to make sure the presumption of innocence is maintained while these proceedings occur."
"My job is to make sure that happens," he said. "I encourage everyone to be patient, to keep an open mind, to wait until the evidence comes in. At this point we're very early on in the case and as long as everyone keeps an open mind, listens to the evidence and doesn't jump to conclusions, I think that will be for the best."
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As a fellow Steam user, I'll add that if you're logged in that doesn't necessarily mean you are actively playing or using the account. It's not much different than leaving Facebook open. So he could have just left the program open on his computer and not necessarily using it. Though, I think his account did show recent gaming activity.
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It is so hard to find parking in Chambana that I think he would have had more problems doing that then as one person said leaving it in plain sight.
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Maybe she was in a hurry because she wanted to get back to work, and not as much not wanting to be late for lease signing.
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Regarding Steam activity: I'm not expert, but I believe the achievements timestamps listed imply that he was actively playing.
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I find it VERY curious that there were no names in the complaint! Usually, full names and relationships are given. I can only guess, but I feel like they have reason to proactively conceal the identity of the very helpful other occupant. Maybe this other occupant facilitated access to the audio recorded storytelling/confession.
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