中國訪問學者章瑩穎被綁架致死案12日上午9時在美國伊利諾州皮奧裡亞聯邦法庭進行開案陳詞。辯護律師當庭指出,被告克裡斯滕森承認殺害了章瑩穎。
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"Brendt Christensen killed Yingying Zhang," George Taseff said in his opening statement at Christensen's trial, according to WTTW.
「克裡斯滕森殺害了章瑩穎,」克裡斯滕森的辯護律師約翰·塔瑟夫在開案件陳詞中指出。
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2017年章瑩穎在去籤署租房合同的途中失聯。視頻證據顯示章瑩穎最後一次被人看到是她上了克裡斯滕森的車。沒有人知道她經歷了什麼。
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在昨天的法庭陳詞中,更多的細節得到曝光。
在檢方從克裡斯滕森女朋友提供的竊聽錄音中獲得的一些重要證據。在錄音中克裡斯滕森描述了令人髮指的作案細節,自稱章瑩穎是自己手下的第十三個受害者。
He added that Zhang’s body would never be found and that her family, who had traveled from China to help locate her, would be 「leaving empty handed.」
克裡斯滕森說章瑩穎的屍體永遠不會被找到。她從中國來的家人只會「空手而歸。」
Christensen compared himself to serial killer Ted Bundy, and he bragged to his girlfriend that 「I’m pretty good at this,」 after investigators failed to locate Zhang’s remains.
克裡斯滕森還把自己比作美國70年代連環殺人魔Ted Bundy。對於調查人員無法找到章瑩穎遺體,他還對女友吹噓自己「非常善於毀屍滅跡」。
Taseff denied few of these details, but did take issue with the fact Christensen said on the recording that Zhang was his 13th victim.
克裡斯滕森對這些作案細節大多沒有否認。只否認了自己說過章瑩穎是他的第13個受害者。
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在法庭稱述中,檢方還指控克裡斯滕森以殘忍方式殺害了章瑩穎,涉及強姦和嚴重的身體虐待。
Federal prosecutor Eugene Miller said Christensen posed as an undercover officer to convince Zhang to get into his vehicle, Miller said, before taking her back to his apartment. There, he allegedly cut off her clothes and raped her before choking her for about 10 minutes, according to Miller, while Zhang continued fighting for her life.
聯邦檢察官Eugene Miller說克裡斯滕森假冒便衣警察誘騙章瑩穎上車,開車把她帶到自己的公寓。在公寓裡他撕下她的衣服,強姦了她並使她窒息了長達10分鐘。期間章瑩穎還在奮力掙扎。
He then took Zhang to his bathroom, where he allegedly hit her in the head with a Louisville Slugger baseball bat, splitting open her head. Christensen ultimately stabbed her and cut off her head, Miller said.
之後他把章瑩穎帶到浴室,用棒球桿擊打她的頭部,並劈開了她的頭顱。他最終用刀刺死了她,並割下她的頭顱。
DNA testing conducted on these samples matched the blood to Zhang.
DNA測試表明這些物件上殘留的血跡都是章瑩穎的。
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儘管克裡斯滕森承認了犯罪事實,他依然堅持無罪辯護的立場。
He is charged in federal court with kidnapping resulting in death and lying to FBI investigators. If convicted, he faces a possible death sentence.
克裡斯滕森被聯邦法院指控綁架、致人死亡、欺騙FBI調查人員等罪狀。如果罪名成立可能被判死刑。
Taseff said at the time of the alleged crime, Christensen had been struggling with substance abuse and mental illness, was failing in school and was being left by his wife, according to CNN affiliate WLS.
辯護律師約翰·塔瑟夫辯解稱,在被指控作案期間,克裡斯滕森受到藥物問題和精神問題的困擾,學業和婚姻雙雙受挫。
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據悉,克裡斯滕森的審判是伊利諾州自2011年廢除死刑以來首次進行的聯邦死刑審判。如果由12人組成的陪審團判定克裡斯滕森有罪、並一致同意將他判處死刑,這將是十多年來該州的首次死刑。
來源:WTTW,環球網
整合:小亮亮
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