Deceased/Not Found IL - Yingying Zhang, 26, Urbana, 9 June 2017 #10 *Still Missing*

[dm92]

UNDER THE BED
Reporter’s Notebook: Complete notes from the Christensen trial
Eades

December Melville does not mention the bat being found under the bed. Who is saying he kept it under the bed?

 

[dm92]

UNDER THE BED
Reporter’s Notebook: Complete notes from the Christensen trial
Eades

Which section? I saw the summary of December Melville's testimony. She does not mention the bat being under the bed.

And, of course, being under the bed does not mean that it would be under the bed where her blood could just drip on it

EDIT: OOPS. Double post. I didn't know that this earlier post actually went through. My iPad crashed while trying to post it.....

 

[dm92]

Don't know if anyone has posted this, but here is a transcript of BC's interview with the intern at UICC

https://www.ilcd.uscourts.gov/sites/ilcd/files/Dft Ex 12-TR.pdf

 

[dm92]

Transcript of the vigil walk recording....

https://www.ilcd.uscourts.gov/sites/ilcd/files/Govt Ex 29-TR.pdf

 

[Yvettea]

Transcript of the vigil walk recording....

https://www.ilcd.uscourts.gov/sites/ilcd/files/Govt Ex 29-TR.pdf

Well that was different.

 

[kittythehare]

Transcript of the vigil walk recording....

https://www.ilcd.uscourts.gov/sites/ilcd/files/Govt Ex 29-TR.pdf

Oh I see I feature in this #unintelligible
(pp17)

 

[DoctorSpacewoman]

Transcript of the vigil walk recording....

https://www.ilcd.uscourts.gov/sites/ilcd/files/Govt Ex 29-TR.pdf

I really want to know what smelled so bad, haha

 

[Spellbound]

Accused killer of missing student tried to pick up another woman: Prosecutors

Multiple pictures from the apartment taken by authorities andshown in court included stains on Christensen’s mattress, a baseball bat and leather bondage straps on his bedroom floor, discarded hair from a vacuum cleaner and a knife found in his utility closet.
.....
Accused U. of I. killer Brendt Christensen’s online life detailed in court: ‘I don’t care how I am remembered, just that I am’
Jurors on Monday also saw excerpts from law enforcement interviews with Christensen, and saw photos taken of his apartment by investigators, which included a baseball bat on his bedroom floor, which was sent to a lab to be tested after a luminol test for traces of blood came back positive.

 

[Spellbound]

Evidence Photos of bat
Reporter’s Notebook: Complete notes from the Christensen trial

 

[kittythehare]

Accused killer of missing student tried to pick up another woman: Prosecutors

Multiple pictures from the apartment taken by authorities andshown in court included stains on Christensen’s mattress, a baseball bat and leather bondage straps on his bedroom floor, discarded hair from a vacuum cleaner and a knife found in his utility closet.
.....
Accused U. of I. killer Brendt Christensen’s online life detailed in court: ‘I don’t care how I am remembered, just that I am’
Jurors on Monday also saw excerpts from law enforcement interviews with Christensen, and saw photos taken of his apartment by investigators, which included a baseball bat on his bedroom floor, which was sent to a lab to be tested after a luminol test for traces of blood came back positive.

great footage of interview with her family in the car, @Spellbound!
If her body is never recovered, which seems likely, they will remain devastated forever.

 

[dm92]

I really want to know what smelled so bad, haha

His soul.....

 

[kittythehare]

another motion- to strike just gone in, it's open (436)

Motion to Strike – #436 in United States v. Christensen (C.D. Ill., 2:17-cr-20037) – CourtListener.com
On June 26, 2019, Mr. Christensen filed a Motion to Strike the Victim Impact
Aggravator, or Alternatively, to Exclude Untimely-Disclosed Evidence (R. 418). This
Motion was in response to the filing of the government’s penalty phase Exhibit List (R.
414), which disclosed to the defense, for the first time, that the government intended to
present victim impact evidence not only through live testimony from members of Ms.
Zhang’s family but also in the form of several videos of Ms. Zhang herself, her family’s
home and her schools, seven videotaped interviews of Ms. Zhang’s friends together
with transcripts translated into English, and an unspecified number of additiona

 

[kittythehare]

In open court that same day, the government provided defense counsel a thumb drive that purportedly contained the victim impact evidence that it intends to present. The thumb drive contains approximately 60 gigabytes of information, which includes 27 folders comprised of 143 separate files. The files on the drive took multiple hours to download. Although the government allegedly has transcripts of these video interviews translated into English, these have not been provided, nor have the abbreviated “clips” that the government intends to present (or at least not in any identifiable way). Further examination of the files provided on the thumb drive has revealed that there is a total of 17 hours of videotape contained therein. Undersigned counsel have identified and consulted with translators able to translate from Chinese to English. Given that the translation needs to be from the spoken word, as opposed to from a written document, the translators have indicated that approximately five hours of work 1 The government has already admitted four separate photographs of Ms. Zhang at the culpability phase of the trial. See (R. 400); Govt. Ex’s. 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D. 2:17-cr-20037-JES-JEH # 436 Page 2 of 4 3 will be necessary to translate each hour of videotape. Hence, a total of 85 hours of work is required. Given other professional commitments that all translators identified already have, it will take approximately four weeks for the work to be completed. In light of the fact that the penalty phase of this trial is scheduled to begin in six days, Mr. Christensen respectfully moves to preclude the government from presenting any of the evidence contained in its last-minute disclosure. Alternatively, if the government is permitted to present this evidence, Mr. Christensen respectfully moves for a continuance of the penalty phase until July 29, 2019, to allow him an adequate opportunity to properly review and challenge it. WHEREFORE, Defendant requests that this Motion be granted and

yada yada yada..
Motion to Strike – #436 in United States v. Christensen (C.D. Ill., 2:17-cr-20037) – CourtListener.com

 

[kittythehare]

this makes me sick!
Go squeeze the location of her remains from your 'client', and quit making the victim's family situation worse. He is not worth it and you have milked this entire trial and lead-up with superfluous, vexatious and spurious objections and delays.
Sure he is entitled to a defense, but not to this extent.
Not to the extent that it prolongs the crime on his worthless behalf and compounds the misery of those directly and indirectly affected!

 

[lynneboh]

Defense seeks delay of sentencing

 

[dm92]

this makes me sick!
Go squeeze the location of her remains from your 'client', and quit making the victim's family situation worse. He is not worth it and you have milked this entire trial and lead-up with superfluous, vexatious and spurious objections and delays.
Sure he is entitled to a defense, but not to this extent.
Not to the extent that it prolongs the crime on his worthless behalf and compounds the misery of those directly and indirectly affected!

I'll have to dig up the article, because it was from a long time ago, but this was all predictable because from what I remember reading, ABA guidelines for defense attorneys call for pulling out all the stops when it comes to litigating death penalty cases.

It could have been worse. At least they just conceded guilt, and didn't concoct some sort of lame-assed theory of the case that YY went back to BC's apartment for consensual activity, and an accident occurred. They could have tried that typical blame the victim strategy........

 

[altojack]

Just catching up after a few days away due to family illness. It's taking time to get through all these reports, tapes etc. I'll get there by end of the day.

Jeez, just read kitties post 414. Where do these guys get off! OK, I understand they're not fans of the Prosecution but why try to kick out every piece the Pros have.

Objections and Delays, how many have those bstrds out forward now? I remember the days when Prosecution was listened to because they were the ones that mattered. They needed to show and tell what was known about the alleged crime and alleged perpetrator. The Defense we're entitled to put forward what they knew to prove the alleged perp didn't commit said crime. But come on, these guys are and have been raking the dirt and taking the pss left, right and centre at every step of the way and in between. That can't be right. They're a dirty crew skating on thin ice JMO

 

[Niner]

Here's an article about that motion to strike.

Brendt Christensen Defense Team Wants Evidence Tossed or Sentencing Delayed

 

[kittythehare]

order on motion to strike is in but not yet openable
Docket for United States v. Christensen, 2:17-cr-20037 - CourtListener.com

 

[kittythehare]

and
TEXT ONLY ORDER 436 Motion to Strike Victim Impact Evidence Due to Late Disclosure. The United States is directed to disclose to the defense the specific victim impact video clips it intends to introduce at the penalty phase of trial along with any existing translated transcripts of those clips, as well as any existing translated transcripts of the uncut videos previously provided to the defense, by 5pm on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. Defendants Motion to continue the penalty phase of this trial is DENIED. Penalty phase remains scheduled for 7/8/2019 at 9:00 a.m. Court reserves on ruling on the defense position that the number, or length, of videos may be cumulative. Entered by Judge James E. Shadid on 7/3/2019. (VH, ilcd

good, nice little 4july pressie from shahid...
to both... prosecution have until 5pm today to give them

It's not as if these pieces of evidence either support or detract from what has to be proven for DP.
Docket for United States v. Christensen, 2:17-cr-20037 - CourtListener.com