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新聞內容:克裡斯滕森父親邁克對於學校心理諮詢師的「不作為」表示氣憤Father of convicted Chinese scholar’s killer says her death could have been prevented if university took proper action美國當地時間2017年6月9日,章瑩穎失蹤
The father of a former teaching assistant at the University of Illinois who was convicted of killing a young visiting Chinese scholar said he believes his son’s actions could have been prevented if the university counselors his son spoke to had taken proper action.章瑩穎和克裡斯滕森都曾就讀於伊利諾伊大學香檳分校。章瑩穎是環境科學專業的訪問學者。
It took a jury less than two hours to convict Christensen, as his defense attorneys admitted in their opening statement that he had killed Zhang. Rather than argue their client’s innocence, Christensen’s attorneys used the trial to dispute the gruesome details of the killing, as described by prosecutors.陪審團不到兩個小時就對克裡斯滕森定罪,因為克裡斯滕森的辯護律師們在開庭陳述中就承認他殺害了章瑩穎。正如檢察官所描述的那樣,克裡斯滕森的律師沒有爭辯稱其委託人無罪,而是在庭審中質疑檢方指出的殺人過程中的可怕細節。「If, for some dumb reason, the jury found him not guilty -- juries do the weirdest things -- I would』ve tried to have him committed because you can’t have somebody that can do something like this out in society,」 said Mike Christensen.邁克·克裡斯坦森說:「如果出於某種愚蠢的原因,陪審團認定他無罪——陪審團會做出最奇怪的事情——我將讓他服罪,因為我們不能讓做出這樣事情的人逍遙法外。」Earlier in 2017, Brendt Christensen sought help from the university’s mental health facility, where he described to a doctoral intern how at one point, he had been 「planning」 a homicide after researching serial killers.2017年初,布倫特·克裡斯滕森向伊利諾伊大學香檳分校的心理健康中心尋求幫助,他在那向一名博士實習生表明其研究連環殺手後,如何「策劃」一起兇殺案。The counseling session was video recorded and entered into evidence at Brendt Christensen’s trial.心理輔導的全程錄像在布倫特·克裡斯滕森案庭審現場中作為證據出示。The intern suggested Christensen have an assessment so that he might connect with one of the specialized counselors. She also discussed Christensen’s case with counseling center staff, two of whom met with him. One of them noted that there was no need for hospitalization at that time because Christensen stated that he had no current suicidal or homicidal plans or intents. Christensen was scheduled to return for another visit; he never showed up.這名博士實習生建議克裡斯滕森做一個測評,並就他的問題和專業的心理輔導師進行交流。博士實習生還與心理諮詢中心工作人員討論了克裡斯滕森的案例,其中兩位工作人員曾見過他。其中一位工作人員指出,克裡斯滕森當時沒有必要住院接受治療,因為他說自己目前沒有自殺或殺人的計劃或意圖。心理諮詢中心計劃讓克裡斯滕森進行二次回訪治療。但他自此再未露面。「For him to even admit this is not just a cry for help, it’s a huge red flag,」 Mike Christensen said. 「Nothing happened.」在審判中,檢察官還公布了布倫特·克裡斯滕森女友的秘密錄音,她當時是聯邦調查局的線人。克裡斯滕森在和女友參加瑩穎的守夜活動時,向女友表述殺害章瑩穎的事實。
(MORE: Accused killer’s former girlfriend says he was 『proud』 during confession )(更多:被指控為殺手的克裡斯滕森,其前女友稱:他認罪時很「驕傲」)「You could tell that [she] was nervous while she was doing these recordings,」 Manganaro said of the undercover girlfriend. 「He described how [Zhang] fought so hard and how she was almost supernatural in the strength in which she fought back against him.」曼加納羅談到這名臥底女友時稱:「你可以看出,(她)在錄音時很緊張」。「克裡斯滕森描述了章瑩穎是如何拼命反抗的,她反抗他時爆發的力量簡直不可思議。」Mike Christensen, however, believes his son was being overzealous in the audio recording, in part because Brendt Christensen was allegedly drinking alcohol.然而,邁克·克裡斯滕森認為,他的兒子在錄音中表現得過於熱情,部分原因是布倫特·克裡斯滕森曾聲稱自己喝酒了。「I can hear in his voice,」 Mike Christensen said, referring to the audio recording. 「He was getting drunker and drunker throughout that vigil.」邁克·克裡斯滕森說:「我能從他的聲音裡聽出來」。「那次守夜中,他的聲音聽起來醉得越來越厲害了。」In the audio, previously reported on by ABC News, Christensen is heard describing how he beat, suffocated, sexually assaulted and decapitated Zhang.在ABC之前報導的這段音頻中,克裡斯滕森描述了他如何毆打、掐死、性侵章瑩穎,並砍下她的頭顱。「He didn’t do half of what he said,」 Christensen’s father told Woodruff. 「It wasn’t as horrendous — I mean sure, killing somebody’s horrendous — but it wasn’t as the prosecution made out.」克裡斯滕森的父親告訴伍德拉夫:「他說的那些犯罪細節,他連一半都沒做。事實不像他說的那麼恐怖——我的意思是,殺人很血腥——但並不像檢方說的那麼血腥。」(MORE: Chinese scholar killer heard confessing as he confesses to killing her)Woodruff pressed Mike Christensen to identify which details from his son’s admission he took issue with.伍德拉夫要求邁克·克裡斯滕森從他兒子供述的犯罪細中找出他反對的部分。「I believe he hit her with a baseball bat. Raped her? Doubt it,」 Mike Christensen responded. 「But also, choked her for 10 minutes? One-handed, his bad arm, 10 minutes? And she’s still alive? Does that make sense to you, sir?」邁克·克裡斯滕森回答:「我相信他用棒球棒打了她。強姦了她嗎?我對此表示懷疑。」「還有,掐了她10分鐘?單手,用他受傷的手臂,掐了10分鐘?然後她還活著?這說得通麼,先生?」Christensen’s father specifically avoided one topic when he was interviewed by ABC News in July: the location of Zhang’s remains.克裡斯滕森的父親在七月份接受ABC新聞採訪時,避談一個話題,就是章瑩穎屍體在哪。「I can’t say anything about that,」 Mike Christensen said when asked if Brendt Christensen would reveal where he had placed Zhang’s remains. 「I can’t get into that any further.」當被問及布倫特·克裡斯滕森是否會透露他將章瑩穎拋屍何處時,邁克·克裡斯滕森說:「我對此無話可說,我談不了再多了。」Two weeks after ABC News interviewed Mike Christensen, Brendt Christensen’s defense attorneys released information he had provided them concerning the whereabouts of Zhang’s body.在ABC新聞採訪了邁克·克裡斯滕森兩周後,布倫特·克裡斯滕森的辯護律師們公布了克裡斯滕森提供的有關章瑩穎屍體下落的信息。(MORE: What we know about the University of Illinois kidnapping case)Brendt Christensen disposed of Zhang’s dismembered body in three separate garbage bags, which he tossed in a dumpster outside his apartment in Champaign, according to his attorneys.布倫特·克裡斯坦森的律師們說,他將章瑩穎的屍體肢解後分別裝入三個垃圾袋內,扔在他位於香檳區的公寓外的垃圾箱裡。Given this information, law enforcement believes Zhang’s remains are scattered throughout a landfill in Vermilion County along the Illinois-Indiana Border.根據這些信息,執法人員認為,章瑩穎的屍體可能在伊利諾斯州與印第安納州交界處的弗米利恩郡的垃圾填埋場內。Even with that knowledge, conducting a search of the landfill could prove challenging – especially given how much time has passed. To this day, her remains have not been found.即使得到這些信息,搜索垃圾填埋場這項工作,仍然挑戰不小——尤其是考慮到時間已經過去了這麼久。直到今天,章瑩穎的屍體仍未找到。「It is evident that any attempt to recover Yingying’s remains would be complicated and expensive, would require government oversight and the cooperation of the landfill owners and would have no certainty of success,」 said Steve Beckett, attorney for the Zhang family.章瑩穎的家庭律師史蒂夫•貝克特表示:「顯然,任何嘗試找到瑩穎屍體的方法都將不簡單,且成本昂貴,這需要美國政府進行監督,還需要填埋場所有者們配合,即使這樣也不能保證一定能找得到。」當地時間11月15日,美國ABC電視臺首播其製作的章瑩穎案件紀錄片Undercover Girlfriend ——《臥底女友》,總時長2小時。片中詳細披露了案件細節,獨家採訪到了兇手克裡斯滕森的父親邁克·克裡斯滕森。當被問到章瑩穎屍骸下落時,邁克表示「有人告訴我先不要說,現在還不是時候(公開是誰說的)。」說完這句話後,邁克提出中止拍攝,並表示他無法透露更多內容。之後,邁克又主動致電記者稱,章瑩穎的下落很快就會被公開……視頻1 要點解讀:
圖片順序:從上至下,從左至右
Pic 1. & Pic 2. 章瑩穎赴美前,朋友為其慶生
Pic 3. 章瑩穎家人律師 王志東先生
Pic 4. 美國ABC NEWS電視臺專題通訊記者 Bob Woodruff
Pic 1. 章瑩穎在美實驗室前同事Guofang Miao,章瑩穎於當地時間2017年6月9日中午,告訴同事約下午一點半前去籤訂租房協議,兩小時左右回實驗室,此後失蹤
Pic 2. 章瑩穎當天目的地——One North公寓
Pic 3. 美方援助律師 Eugene Miller
Pic 4. 章瑩穎與公寓經理聊天記錄,約定的籤約時間內瑩穎沒有赴約,經理髮信息確認其是否已在路上
Pic 1. 晚飯後,同事發現章瑩穎依舊沒回實驗室,因此去其家裡確認,發現家裡也沒人,於是向學校警察局報警
Pic 2. 伊利諾伊大學警察局警察 Eric Stiverson,當天晚上並沒有立刻開始搜尋,因為當天是周五
Pic 3. 伊利諾州新聞報社 News-Gazette記者 Mary Schenk
Pic 4. News-Gazette刊登新聞報導警方正在尋找失蹤的訪問學者章瑩穎
Pic 1 & Pic 2. 校方警察勘查章瑩穎住處,室內沒有任何可疑跡象,也沒有打包衣物出走的跡象。由於章瑩穎沒有私人汽車,警方判斷其乘坐公交車出行概率最大,因此調取當地公交公司的監控錄像
Pic 3. 警方了解到當地公交公司共有2000多個監控攝像頭,每輛公交車上有10個,可以全方位覆蓋公交車內及周圍情況。警方調取監控過程中,在一輛公交車外部監控中採集到了章瑩穎失蹤前的最後活動軌跡
Pic 4. 監控拍到的章瑩穎圖像,當地時間6月9日13:30,章瑩穎乘坐市內公交
Pic 1. 章瑩穎錯過在公路另一側的第二輛換乘公交車,從監控可以看出章瑩穎當時很著急,所以一直在追趕這輛公交車
Pic 2. 由於錯過換乘公交,章瑩穎在公交車站等車,時間約當地時間14:00
Pic 3. 克裡斯滕森的車第一次出現在監控錄像中
Pic 4. 克裡斯滕森的車在周圍轉了一圈後,停在章瑩穎面前,短暫交流後,章瑩穎上車
Pic 1. 監控拍到的嫌疑車輛非常模糊,看不清司機和車牌,因此美國聯邦調查局FBI開始參與案件
Pic 2. FBI特工 Anthony Manganaro稱這種車很特殊,經過辨認確認車型為土星阿斯特拉轎車,這種車只在很短一段時間內生產並進口到美國,經調查伊利諾州全境共有此型號汽車58輛
Pic 3. 警方發布通告,確定章瑩穎遭綁架
Pic 4. 警方發現嫌疑車輛一直在學校附近徘徊,是在尋找潛在受害者,沒有特定目標。當天早些時候,一名英國留學生Emily Hogan向警方報案稱,章瑩穎失蹤同一天早些時候,她在學校附近等車的時候,有一輛黑色轎車司機曾請她上車,司機戴墨鏡,自稱是警察,並向Emily出示臂章請她上車詢問幾個問題,Emily出於警覺沒有上車
視頻2 要點解讀:
Pic 1. Emily在社交媒體上發布信息警示其他同學,時間在章瑩穎遇害前幾個小時
Pic 2. 得知章瑩穎是一個出身普通家庭的孩子,Bob拜訪了她的家人,福建省南平市
Pic 3. 章瑩穎的家人,父親、母親、弟弟
Pic 4. 承受喪女之痛的母親
Pic 1 & Pic 2. 章瑩穎生前照片
Pic 3 & Pic 4. 章瑩穎和男友侯霄霖。兩人分別以第一名和第二名的優異成績畢業於中山大學,並共同考取北京大學攻讀碩士研究生
Pic 1. 章瑩穎親友用盡所有辦法在美尋找其下落,但最終無果
Pic 2. 校方警察James Carter經過一幀一幀地反覆比對視頻,發現嫌疑車輛副駕駛一側前輪輪轂有一處缺口,案件出現重大轉折點,這一情況被反映給FBI
Pic 3. FBI其他特工立刻回想起排查過程中曾詢問到一位土星阿斯特拉車主,第一次訪問是車主的家裡,該男子表現鎮定,說自己每天都是在家裡打遊戲。FBI特工立刻再次前往該男子住處,並對其轎車拍照取證,經鑑定與監控錄像顯示嫌疑車輛為同一輛,而這位車主就是布倫特·克裡斯滕森
Pic 4. 嫌疑人布倫特·克裡斯滕森,同年5月,獲美國伊利諾伊大學香檳分校物理學碩士學位,現物理系博士,已婚,住在當地西部一處環境較好的公寓,無犯罪記錄。綜上所述,完全不符合一個綁架嫌疑犯的特徵
Pic 1. 警方上門搜查時,剛開始克裡斯滕森有些吃驚,後來就冷靜了下來;警方出示搜查證後,在公寓內發現了一張太陽鏡的照片,鏡片上反射出的人正是克裡斯滕森的妻子,這讓警方回想起Emily的證詞,那個試圖讓Emily上車的人就是戴了一個這樣的太陽鏡
Pic 2 & Pic 3 & Pic 4:詢問過程
對話:Manganaro: This is a voluntary interview, so at any time you're done, we'll drive you back home. 這次是詢問內容你自願回答,你覺得沒什麼要說的了,我們就開車送你回家。
Christensen: OK. 好的。
Stiverson: I know that you picked her up. 我知道你讓她搭了你的車走。
Manganaro: Where'd you take her, Brendt? We need to find Yingying. 你把她帶到哪去了?我們要找到瑩穎。
(Manganaro希望讓克裡斯滕森自己講案發當時自己在做什麼,並問他,第一次被FBI特工上門詢問時是怎麼回答的)
Manganaro: Do you remember what you told him? 你還記得你當時這麼跟他講的(第一次上門詢問的FBI特工)?
Christensen: I was either playing video games on my computer or taking an afternoon nap. 我說不是在打電腦遊戲,就是在睡下午覺。
(Stiverson: 克裡斯滕森的回答顯然有些不正常,他毫不關心警方為什麼出現在他家裡又把他帶回警局,他更關心警察會問他什麼問題,這一點不符合常理,他好像知道我們要問他什麼問題)
Christensen: Why am I under suspicion? Is is just my car or is there anything else? 你們為什麼懷疑我?就是因為我的車麼?還是什麼其他原因?
Manganaro: Uh, I mean that's you know, a large portion. I mean it's a very unique car. 因為你那輛車有點特殊。
Stiverson: Look, you know that we didn't bring you all the way up here to talk about video games and what you had for lunch that day. Why do you think that we brought you up here? 我們把你帶到這來不是跟你討論遊戲,也不是討論你那天中午吃了什麼。那你認為我們為什麼把你帶到這來?
Christensen: Because the car I own was seen picking up a girl that's missing. 因為你們監控中看到我的車搭載過一個女孩,那個女孩現在失蹤了。
Stiverson: We control kiosks of bus stops. We can look in buses. We can look in every building, out on the streets, and you're telling me that I didn't see you driving your car on Goodwin? 我們控制了公交站的站亭。我們能看到公交車內錄像,能從每幢大樓向外看到街道上發生了什麼。現在你跟我說,我沒看到你駕駛自己的汽車在古德溫大街上行駛?
And then you turned, you turned on Clark and we still have cameras. 然後你開車轉了一圈,你轉向在克拉克大街上行駛,那條街上也有監控。
Christensen: I've seen the videos. But I didn't see me. 我看過監控錄像了,但沒看到我自己。
Stiverson: You've seen what we've allowed you to see. 你看到的只是我們想讓你看到的東西。
(Stiverson: 這時候能看出他面部表情及眼睛都有所反應)
Stiverson: I know that you picked her up. Where did you drop her off at? She was looking for a ride, she has missed her bus. She told you she was going to One North, so where did you drop her off at? 我知道你讓這個女孩上車了,你讓她在哪兒下的車?她在等公交,因為錯過了前一輛公交。她告訴你他要去One North公寓,你讓她在哪兒下的車?
(沉默了很長一段時間……克裡斯滕森很牴觸回答這個問題)
Christensen: Maybe I'm getting my days mixed up then. I thought I drove, I thought I drove around on Saturday. I did pick a girl up, I don't remember where. 可能那天我有點心不在焉。我確實載過一個女孩,但我不記得在哪。
Stiverson: Do you remember the girl's name that you picked up? 你記得她叫什麼嗎?
Christensen: No, she was talking very broken English. 不記得
Stiverson: Tell us about what happened, what time of day was that? 告訴我們那天發生了什麼?幾點鐘?
Christensen: Early afternoon, I don't remember. 那天剛到下午的時候,我不記得幾點。
Stiverson: I was driving around. Um, I saw a girl and she was very distressed. I asked her if she needed help. I talked to her for a little bit, not that much. I gave her a short ride a couple of blocks. She freaked out and got out. that's all it was. 我開車閒逛,看到一個女孩心事重重,我就問她是否需要幫助。我們沒聊特別多。我載她走了一小段路,只有幾條街,她就下車了。
Stiverson: So where did you drop her off at? 你讓她在哪下的車?
Manganaro: Where'd you take her, Brendt? We need to find Yingying. 布倫特,你把她帶到哪去了,我們要找到瑩穎。
Stiverson: Tonight. 今晚就要找到。
Christensen: I think it's time that that I stop answer, answering questions. I know the typical advice is to get a lawyer before you answer anything. And I think I've tried to help enough. 我認為我現在不用回答你們的問題了,我知道此時回答任何問題之前,最好是要請個律師。我覺得我已經幫了你們很大的忙。
隨後,警方有個大膽的計劃,就是讓和克裡斯滕森親近的人臥底錄音……
克裡斯滕森在守夜活動中告訴女友「我知道所有的事」!「比那些人知道的都多」……
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