章瑩穎案嫌犯將出庭受審

A man has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a visiting Chinese graduate student last seen June 9 on the University of Illinois campus, the US attorney's office for Central Illinois said Friday.

伊利諾伊州中部聯邦檢察官辦公室6月30日表示，一名與6月9日伊利諾伊大學中國訪問學者失蹤案有關的男子已被逮捕。

Investigators with the FBI think the student, Yingying Zhang, 26, is probably dead, a news release from the attorney's office said.

該州聯邦檢察官辦公室發佈的消息稱，美國聯邦調查局（FBI）調查人員認爲，26歲的章瑩穎很可能已經死亡。

Brendt Christensen, 27, of Champaign, Illinois, will face a charge of kidnapping, the news release said.

消息稱，27歲的布倫特?克里斯滕森將面臨綁架指控。他來自伊利諾伊州香檳郡。

Christensen was under surveillance Thursday when agents overheard him saying he kidnapped Zhang, a criminal complaint says. Christensen said he took Zhang back to his apartment, the complaint adds.

一份刑事起訴書稱，FBI探員29日監聽到克里斯滕森說自己綁架了章瑩穎。克里斯滕森稱，他把章瑩穎帶回了自己的公寓。

"Based on this, and other facts uncovered during the investigation of this matter, law enforcement agents believe that Ms. Zhang is no longer alive."

“基於此翻言論以及在調查過程中發現的其他事實，執法人員認爲章瑩穎已經死亡。”

The FBI says Christensen was driving the black Saturn Astra that was captured on security camera video picking up Zhang the afternoon of June 9.

FBI稱，克里斯滕森駕駛的黑色土星車就是6月9日下午監控錄像拍到的接走章瑩穎的那輛。

On June 15, Christensen admitted picking up Zhang, the complaint says, but he told the FBI that day he let her out just a few blocks away.

6月15日，克里斯滕森承認他讓章瑩穎上了車，但是，他對FBI表示，當天自己在幾個街區外的地方將她放下。

Christensen claimed he made a wrong turn at some point and the woman panicked, then he let her out of his car a few blocks from where he picked her up.

克里斯滕森宣稱，他轉錯彎後，該名女性很驚慌，然後就在幾個街區外把她放下車了。

The criminal complaint also says a search of the suspect's car revealed the front passenger door, next to where Zhang would have been sitting, was cleaned to a "more diligent extent."

本案刑事起訴書還稱，對嫌疑人汽車的搜查顯示，章瑩穎所坐的副駕駛側車門被“大力清理過”。

Christensen was a graduate student in the physics department and a teaching assistant until May, a University of Illinois professor told CNN.

伊利諾伊大學一位教授告訴美國有線電視新聞網，克里斯滕森直到今年5月還是該校物理系的研究生兼助教。

"Everybody is shocked by this," said Lance Cooper, an associate head for graduate studies in the department. "There were no flags, no discipline issues with him, no problem with his teaching, no problems with his coursework."

物理系研究生院副院長蘭斯?庫珀稱：“所有人都被此事震驚了，他沒有收到過警告，沒有紀律問題，教學沒有毛病，學業也沒有問題。”

Christensen's LinkedIn profile states he graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2013 with bachelor's degrees in physics and math. Christensen described himself as a Ph.D. candidate at U. of I. since January of 2014, researching experimental condensed matter physics.

克里斯滕森的領英主頁介紹，2013年，他從威斯康辛大學麥迪森分校畢業，獲得物理學及數學學士學位。2014年1月開始成爲伊利諾伊大學博士研究生，研究實驗凝聚態物理。

Cooper said he didn't think Christensen would have had any academic interactions with Zhang, who came to the United States within the past two months.

庫珀稱，他不認爲克里斯滕森會和章瑩穎有任何學術上的交流，章兩個月前纔剛到美國。

Cooper said Christensen mentioned in spring 2016 that he was married and that he and his wife were going to use the next year to decide what their plans were while he completed his master's program.

庫珀表示，2016年春天克里斯滕森提及自己結婚了，在碩士學業結束後，他和妻子想用接下來的一年決定一下二人的計劃。

David Meldgin, a teaching assistant in the physics department, said he had an office next door to Christensen for two years but they spoke only a few times.

物理系的助教大衛?摩爾根表示，他在克里斯滕森隔壁辦公已經有兩年了，但是他們只說過幾次話。

"He was a quiet person in meetings, but he always helped students who needed help." Meldgin said. "I'm really surprised."

摩爾根說：“會議上他是一個很安靜的人，但是他總是爲那些需要幫助的學生提供幫助，我真的太意外了。”

"This is a senseless and devastating loss of a promising young woman and a member of our community. There is nothing we can do to ease the sadness or grief for her family and friends, but we can and we will come together to support them in any way we can in these difficult days ahead."

“這是一個毫無意義的、災難性的損失，我們失去了一位前途光明的年輕女性，失去了我們社區的一員。我們無法平復她家人和朋友的悲痛與難過，但我們會在未來艱難的日子裏攜手共進，盡一切可能支持他們。”

Christensen's first court appearance is at 10 a.m. Monday in federal court in Urbana. It is unclear whether Christensen, who is still in custody, has an attorney.

克里斯滕森的首次庭審將於當地時間3日上午10點在烏爾瓦納聯邦法院開庭。克里斯滕森仍被拘留，目前還不確定是否擁有律師。