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

[kittythehare]

1. And she "would almost always take initiative to take care of others," Wu said, giving her friends an alarm they could put on their backpacks in case something happened to them. (16/30)
   
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   Ben Zigterman‏ @bzigterman 9m9 minutes ago
   Ms. Zhang "never gave up on her dream to study abroad," Wu said. (15/30)
   
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   Ben Zigterman‏ @bzigterman 9m9 minutes ago
   She said Ms. Zhang had "strong self-discipline" and while she "looked thin and small from the outside," she had "strong independence and ideas." (14/30)
   

 

[kittythehare]

1. Later in the morning, lead FBI agent on the case Anthony Manganaro testified, repeating much of what was presented in the guilt phase. (20/30)
   
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   Ben Zigterman‏ @bzigterman 10m10 minutes ago
   "Even to this day, we haven't accepted this fact and recovered from this grief," she said. (19/30)
   
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   Ben Zigterman‏ @bzigterman 10m10 minutes ago
   So Wu said she was surprised when Ms. Zhang went missing that she would get into a stranger's car. "I was in great shock," she said, who said Ms. Zhang had an awareness of her self-protection. (18/30)
   
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   Ben Zigterman‏ @bzigterman 10m10 minutes ago
   She also invited Wu to go to plays or go skiing, new experiences for her. "She had a positive energy for life." (17/30)
   

 

[kittythehare]

1. He also told her to delete his Reddit account and comments. (24/30)
   
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   Ben Zigterman‏ @bzigterman 10m10 minutes ago
   They also played jail phone calls of Christensen telling his wife July 2, 2017, to tell his girlfriend to not talk to anyone except their lawyers. (23/30)
   
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   Ben Zigterman‏ @bzigterman 10m10 minutes ago
   Manganaro said that they spent a good deal of time canvassing the residential area where Christensen said he let Ms. Zhang out, and that Christensen extensively cleaned his car and apartment. (22/30)
   
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   Ben Zigterman‏ @bzigterman 10m10 minutes ago
   The prosecution seemed to be trying to establish that Christensen took steps to obstruct the investigation, showing clips of him lying to investigators and receipts of his Drano purchases. (21/30)
   

 

[kittythehare]

1. And she noted that while Christensen cleaned in both his bedroom and bathroom, Ms. Zhang's DNA was only found in the bedroom. (27/30)
   
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   Ben Zigterman‏ @bzigterman 11m11 minutes ago
   And she noted that Christensen lied about a lot in his interrogation videos, so the prosecution shouldn't believe him when he said Ms. Zhang had very broken English. (26/30)
   
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   Ben Zigterman‏ @bzigterman 11m11 minutes ago
   In cross examination, Assistant Federal Defender Elisabeth Pollock pointed out that he asked her to delete his Reddit account because the r/uiuc community was trying to identify his account (25/30)
   

 

[kittythehare]

1. hey're on break for lunch now. Ms. Zhang's father and brother are expected to testify this afternoon, along with a video of her mother. (30/30)
   
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   Ben Zigterman‏ @bzigterman 12m12 minutes ago
   In another response, Pollock noted that the dog alerted in the bathroom, but not the bedroom where blood had soaked to underneath the carpet, so can't be reliable. (29/30)
   
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   Ben Zigterman‏ @bzigterman 12m12 minutes ago
   In response, Assistant U.S. Attorney Bryan Freres noted that bathrooms are easier to clean because they have less porous surfaces, and that the K9 alerted to the presence of a body there. (28/30)
   

 

[BigShoulders]

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In another response, Pollock noted that the dog alerted in the bathroom, but not the bedroom where blood had soaked to underneath the carpet, so can't be reliable. (29/30)”

This crap again? It’s a cadaver dog, not a blood dog. It alerts to the compounds released from decomposition. As such, the dogs alerts are entirely consistent with the confession. I can’t believe the prosecution isn’t calling this out.

 

[tresir2012]

yes, decision must be unanimous for BC to get DP; otherwise he gets life without parole (not a proposition, just the law).

So why did defense need a 78 page motion? If it's the law. I just don't get this at all.

 

[tresir2012]

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In another response, Pollock noted that the dog alerted in the bathroom, but not the bedroom where blood had soaked to underneath the carpet, so can't be reliable. (29/30)”

This crap again? It’s a cadaver dog, not a blood dog. It alerts to the compounds released from decomposition. As such, the dogs alerts are entirely consistent with the confession. I can’t believe the prosecution isn’t calling this out.

I agree, it shows she was dead/died in the bathroom not the bedroom, which agrees with what BC said on the tape.

 

[kittythehare]

..it's all very depressing, very poignant, very sad...

 

[tresir2012]

"I will never give up hope to find her... and if we don't find her, then everything seems hopeless." - Yingying's fiancé

1. After Judge denied mistrial request, Christensen’s lawyer said “to preserve the record for appeal, the motion for mistrial persists.” (4/4)
   
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   Jacqueline Francis‏Verified account @FrancisonFoxIL 6m6 minutes ago
   Although mistrial request was denied, the judge agreed to strike Hou’s statement from the record, explaining that the victim’s family’s opinions about Brendt Christensen or the nature the crime are NOT to be considered by the jury. (3/4)
   
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   Jacqueline Francis‏Verified account @FrancisonFoxIL 7m7 minutes ago
   Hou: “What that criminal did… is too painful for a young girl…” Defense objected on grounds of improper victim impact evidence. (2/4)

So provide an impact statement without mentioning the murderer and what he did? That's ridiculous.

 

[kittythehare]

So provide an impact statement without mentioning the murderer and what he did? That's ridiculous.

ludicrous and ridiculous to attempt to make her disappear when she is just being introduced to the jurors for the first time.

 

[dm92]

They have now uploaded some of the items from yesterday's testimony at the court exhibit website.....

Exhibits | Central District of Illinois | United States District Court

Edit: Since they have uploaded a number of videos from the trial, I expect that they will probably upload the videos played yesterday and today at some point as well....

 

[dm92]

I was planning on trying to attend some of this at the Urbana courthouse viewing room, but it sounds like the prosecution will finish today or at the latest, tomorrow morning. Thus everything after will BC's mitigation stuff. I am in no mood to sit through a bunch of crap that is person after person recounting what a good boy BC was growing up, so I'm not going to observe any of that.

However, if this phase has closing statements as in the guilt phase, I will attend that.

 

[kittythehare]

LIVE: Christensen sentencing phase, Day 2

edit, this has audio too for anyone who does not like reading tweets

 

[kittythehare]

from exhibits list
wow, this photo
https://www.ilcd.uscourts.gov/sites/ilcd/files/Govt Ex 100A.pdf


look how tiny she was, such petite arms.... no match at all for such a brute

 

[kittythehare]

graduation photograph
https://www.ilcd.uscourts.gov/sites/ilcd/files/Govt Ex 110D.pdf

 

[kittythehare]

here is key to exhibits, new exhibits
Exhibit List – #414 in United States v. Christensen (C.D. Ill., 2:17-cr-20037) – CourtListener.com

 

[dm92]

here is key to exhibits, new exhibits
Exhibit List – #414 in United States v. Christensen (C.D. Ill., 2:17-cr-20037) – CourtListener.com

Really want to see what it was they seized from his Livingston County Jail cell on the day he was in court for a hearing. (121-1 to 126-5)

 

[AnemoneBrown]

Ben Zigterman‏ @bzigterman 10m10 minutes ago
They also played jail phone calls of Christensen telling his wife July 2, 2017, to tell his girlfriend to not talk to anyone except their lawyers. (23/30)

Come on State of Illinois. Don't let me down. You have a second offender out there who committed a federal offense per court testimony. GO get her!

18 U.S. Code § 3 - Accessory after the fact

8 U.S. Code § 3.Accessory after the fact

"Whoever, knowing that an offense against the United States has been committed, receives, relieves, comforts or assists the offender in order to hinder or prevent his apprehension, trial or punishment, is an accessory after the fact.

Except as otherwise expressly provided by any Act of Congress, an accessory after the fact shall be imprisoned not more than one-half the maximum term of imprisonment or (notwithstanding section 3571) fined not more than one-half the maximum fine prescribed for the punishment of the principal, or both; or if the principal is punishable by life imprisonment or death, the accessory shall be imprisoned not more than 15 years."

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 684; Pub. L. 99–646, § 43, Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3601; Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXV, § 3502, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4921; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §§ 330011(h), 330016(2)(A), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2145, 2148.)

 

[Webthrush]

So why did defense need a 78 page motion? If it's the law. I just don't get this at all.

It’s difficult and drawn out, but essentially the motion I think you’re referencing pertains to how the Judge finally instructs the Jury to conduct voting: the Defense essentially wants them to be asked to consider all the evidence/testimony and vote their conscience or strongest belief (hoping that at least ONE juror will vote against the DP); the Prosecution wants the Judge to instruct jurors to debate/discuss among themselves in a specific effort to reach a unanimous decision — the Defense does NOT want a unanimous decision urged (knowing that would most likely be for DP) -- the Defense is hoping that if the jury doesn't understand the importance of unanimity than they won't bother to seek it.