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

[kittythehare]

good, they continue to investigate the 12 claims
Agent Huckstadt still on the stand this morning. Said the FBI can't corroborate 13 victims claims, but that's "not the same as saying it's completely impossible. We're continuing to investigate. " (

 

[kittythehare]

this

1. Christensen boasted to his girlfriend he had killed 13 women. But that statement is the only evidence of any additional murders beyond Yinying Zhang
   
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   Matt Masterson‏ @ByMattMasterson 1h1 hour ago
   Testimony is underway in the second week of the #BrendtChristensen trial. An FBI agent said it's "not impossible" Christensen is responsible for the disappearance of 19 women in Wisconsin. But there is no evidence tying him to those crimes
   

 

[Spellbound]

1 hour ago, Aaron Eades (@WCIA3Eades) on Twitter

Online conversation showed between BC and another user— BC messaged them because they posted about a “rape/kidnapping” fetish. BC was interested in playing that out with them

BC tells them he has an idea of how he’d do it— breaking into their house, binding and gagging the user, then putting them into a duffel bag and into his car, where he’d take them to a motel for sex

This is how I believe he got her into the apartment .... but .... Could he have taken her to a motel first?

 

[kittythehare]

1. BC viewed an “Abduction 101” article on FetLife, texted his girlfriend telling her he bought bed restraints, a blindfold, and gag @WCIA3
   
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   Aaron Eades‏Verified account @WCIA3Eades 2m2 minutes ago
   Forensic analyst continues to go over BC’s digital history. Spreadsheet of activity shows he downloaded a research paper on serial killers and had a hidden desktop folder containing pornographic images of women in bondage @WCIA3
   
   
3. (interesting it was hidden)

 

[Spellbound]

This has been posted previously, but it is always good to have it repeated daily:

Reporter’s Notebook: Complete notes from the Christensen trial
From Aarin Eades
Reporter’s Notebook: Complete notes from the Christensen trial
Notes taken during trial proceedings, with context

Jump to notes by day:

• Day 1, Wednesday: Opening statements and first witnesses
• Day 2, Thursday: Defense calls for a mistrial; Christensen on tape talking to the FBI
• Day 3, Friday: Christensen’s girlfriend records him for the FBI

Jump to notes by highlights:

• Defense admits Christensen’s guilt in opening statements
• Christensen changes his story in FBI interview
• Defense calls for a mistrial
• Christensen’s search history and a duffel bag demonstration
• “I didn’t get away with it yet,” Christensen recorded saying disturbing things to his girlfriend

 

[kittythehare]

I want company becuase then instead of becoming a sociopath I am in a good mood and have a good time with someone,” BC’s texted his girlfriend @WCIA3
“Fading into nothingness is the default for most people. If you want to know what terrifies me, it’s that. I will not fade away. I refuse. I don’t care how I am remembered. Just that I am,” he texts his girlfriend @WCIA3

 

[kittythehare]

...I would rather destroy humanity than let that happen,” he texts her. He also says he feels like people who look at him are afraid of that, and he’s bothered by it. “I don’t want fear,” he texts her @WCIA3

 

[kittythehare]

Prosecutors spent the last hour or so giving a detailed look into Christensen's digital life - his texts, browsing history and social media postings - in the weeks before and after Yingying Zhang disappeared

 

[kittythehare]

1. Christensen researched several serial killers and sought to set up an "abduction/rape fantasy" through a website called http:// "I'm looking for someone like you," he wrote in response to a posting from a woman about her kidnapping and rape fetish
   
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   Aaron Eades‏Verified account @WCIA3Eades 3m3 minutes ago
   The day #YingyingZhang seen getting into the Astra, he texts girlfriend, “You don’t do the anything casual thing. From breathing, to fine dining to...murder.” The ‘fine dining and breathing’ quip is possibly a reference to a quote from a SpongeBob Squarepants episode @WCIA3
   

 

[kittythehare]

The last text message the FBI forensic analyst testifies that BC sent to TB before #YingyingZhang was abducted is “You’re unique and in a weird, unique situation. It makes you my kitten,” @WCIA3

 

[Spellbound]

Kitty, thank you for the updates .... I am in and out too much to be able to just follow, so they are much appreciated!

 

[kittythehare]

Meanwhile TB indicates to him that she’s off to “indulge in my frostiness” with another guy. Michelle texted Brendt throughout the afternoon, but the FBI redacted those messages so the court doesn’t know what they are @W
!

 

[kittythehare]

here's the research paper on decomposition (far as I recall this was downloaded in February '17)

1. Christensen also downloaded a research paper titled "Beyond the grave" about human decomposition and read several Fetlife posts about: "abduction play," "perfect abduction fantasy" and "abduction 101"
   
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   Matt Masterson‏ @ByMattMasterson 6m6 minutes ago
   Christensen researched several serial killers and sought to set up an "abduction/rape fantasy" through a website called http:// "I'm looking for someone like you," he wrote in response to a posting from a woman about her kidnapping and rape fetish
   

 

[kittythehare]

I think this is the research paper
https://www.researchgate.net/public...d_the_grave-Understanding_human_decomposition

 

[kittythehare]

Senior FBI Forensic Examiner William O’Sullivan has been on the stand. After #YingyingZhang went missing, he testifies that FBI records show Christensen made frequent searches for information on her abduction and the investigation @WCIA3

 

[kittythehare]

1. Christensen kept a close watch on the case starting just a day after the kidnapping. He regularly checked in on news stories, Reddit postings and FBI updates about Yingying's disappearance in the weeks that followed
   
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   Matt Masterson‏ @ByMattMasterson 8m8 minutes ago
   On the morning of the kidnapping, Christensen checked his email and went on Reddit. He sent a text to his girlfriend that evening saying "I'm exhausted" and another stating "Just tired lol."
   

 

[kittythehare]

BZ
After the FBI visits him 6/12, he deletes his chrome history the next day at 6:04 am. The examiner said some of this data was able to be recovered. (26/30)

 

[kittythehare]

wikipedia visits to the solitary confinement page, another about a serial killer, and another to reddit about serial killers (29/30)

 

[kittythehare]

timeline on day of murder from BZ
11:38 am - tells his girlfriend that "You don't do the anything casual thing" "from breathing to fine dining to... murder." (18/30)
11:48 - Christensen sends his last text before kidnapping Ms. Zhang, and at 12:36, his phone starts using LTE. At 1:11 p.m., he receives a text from his wife.
At 2:04 p.m. he picks up Ms. Zhang
This!!!
At 2:37pm, he receives a text from his wife, and at 3:30, he texts his wife, the first phone interaction he has after kidnapping Ms. Zhang - 1h26m later.
At 4:53 p.m., he texts his girlfriend, "I'm exhausted."
THIS!!!!
At 9:46 p.m., he watches *advertiser censored* files from his hidden folder (23/30
at 1:48 a.m., he plugs his phone in (
The next morning, his first interaction is at 7:47am on Facebook and unplugs his phone at 12:48 p.m. At 7:28 p.m. he visits a reddit page on Yingying Zhang's disappearance. He also visits an NG article and a UIPD Facebook post about Ms. Zhang. (25/30)

 

[kittythehare]

https://www.facebook.com/WCIA3News/...7VxBjhiuQcmTt6nSIhQuqUczs5iz3iIpfjuZmWZbOWqAp