章瑩穎案嫌犯首次出庭拒不認罪，案情細節曝光讓人細思恐極……

然而，經過20多天來美國警方和美國聯邦調查局 (FBI)的調查以及各界人士的全力搜尋，卻傳來了我們最不願意聽到的消息：在調查過程中，執法人員認為，章瑩穎已經遇害。 (During the investigation of this matter, law enforcement agents believe that Ms. Zhang is no longer alive)。

就在幾天前，FBI 已經鎖定了涉嫌綁架章瑩穎的嫌疑人 —— 布倫特·克里斯滕森(Brendt Christensen)，此人曾是章瑩穎所在的伊利諾伊大學物理系的一名助教。

FBI認為，當天，正是他開著那輛黑色土星轎車，載走了章瑩穎。

目前的最新進展是，FBI 已經逮捕了克里斯滕森，並於當地時間7月3日上午10點舉行了首次法庭聆訊 。

當天，眾多華人到場參加聆訊，在法院外排起了長隊。

據伊利諾伊州當地媒體the News-gazette 報道，首次法庭聆訊十分簡短，只持續了9分鐘。

在法庭上，身穿囚衣、腳戴鐐銬的嫌犯克里斯滕森除了表明了解自己應有的權利外，全程一言不發，拒不認罪。法官Eric Long 拒絕了其保釋要求。但辯方律師要求，將在兩天後（7月5日）再次舉行庭審。屆時，法庭將會決定嫌犯是否取保候審。

U.S. Magistrate Judge Eric Long has ordered the man accused of kidnapping Yingying Zhang to be held without bond until his next court hearing, two days from now.

Brendt Christensen, 28, of Champaign, made his first appearance in a packed courtroom at the federal courthouse in Urbana this morning.

Wearing a prison jumpsuit and shackled at the ankles, Christensen did not speak during a hearing that lasted nine minutes, other than to acknowledge that he understood his rights.

Long asked Christensen s attorney, Evan Bruno of the Urbana-based Bruno Law Firm, whether he was ready to take a stand on bail.

When Bruno asked for a few days, Long set a detention hearing for 3 p.m. Wednesday. At that time, bond will be determined.

目前，章瑩穎依然未被找到，而嫌犯也拒絕透露章瑩穎的下落，整個案件依然撲朔迷離。

但近日FBI公開的一份刑事起訴書 (criminal complaint)中，則披露了章瑩穎案的更多細節。

嫌犯車輛被過度清潔

儘管在案發當時的監控錄像中，無法辨別司機身份，但這輛轎車的車型，卻成為了破解此案最關鍵的線索。

FBI的起訴書中提到，此款黑色土星牌阿斯特拉轎車 (Saturn Astras) 在伊利諾斯州香檳市註冊在案的，只有18輛。

而其中一輛的車主，便是克里斯滕森。FBI在排查中發現，克里斯滕森所有的這輛轎車有一扇天窗，並且副駕駛位置的輪轂罩處有破損 —— 這些都與監控中出現的涉事車輛相一致。

From the surveillance video, the driver s identity was hard to tell. But he drove an unusual car. And there were only 18 four-door Saturn Astras registered in Champaign County, Illinois, the FBI agent wrote.

One of those Astras was registered to Christensen. And when investigators visited Christensen s apartment complex, they discovered his car had a sunroof and a cracked front passenger hubcap -- just like the car in the surveillance footage.

而調查人員在對克里斯滕森的車進行搜查後發現，該車副駕駛一側的車門被過度清洗過。FBI調查員Manganaro認為，此舉或許是一種企圖隱藏或者銷毀證據的舉動。

Authorities got a warrant to search Christensen s vehicle and noticed the front passenger door of Christensen s car "appeared to have been cleaned to a more diligent extent than the other vehicle doors," the criminal complaint says.

"I believe that this type of action may be indicative of an attempt to conceal or destroy evidence," Manganaro wrote.

嫌犯前後說辭不一

FBI在鎖定嫌疑車輛後，曾在6月12日和6月15日對克里斯滕森進行過兩次約談。

在第一次的約談中，克里斯滕森表示自己並不太記得案發時的下午兩三點在做些什麼。「他稍後表示，自己在6月9日那天一直都呆在公寓里，不是在睡覺就是在玩電子遊戲。」

When authorities interviewed Christensen on June 12, he initially said he couldn t remember where he was between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. the day of the kidnapping, the FBI agent wrote.

"He later advised, however, he must have been either sleeping or he was playing video games at his residence all day on June 9," Manganaro wrote.

然而，到了6月15日第二次約談的時候，他的說法卻完全不一樣了。

克里斯滕森向警方承認，6月9日當天，他開著車在伊利諾斯大學校園附近，看見一個背著背包的亞裔女性站在街角，看起來十分不安。

他開車上前詢問，得知該名女性有約已經遲到了，於是他便表示願意開車送她一程。但後來在開車途中，他拐錯了彎，那名女性開始驚恐起來，於是他便在離女子上車幾個街區之外的地方放下了她。

But when authorities interviewed Christensen again on June 15, "Christensen admitted to driving around the UI campus when he observed an Asian female with a backpack standing at a corner appearing distressed," the FBI agent wrote.

"Christensen claimed that he drove up to the Asian female, who relayed she was late to an appointment. Christensen stated that he offered the Asian female a ride."

According to the criminal complaint, Christensen said he may have made a wrong turn, and the woman panicked. At that point, he said, he let his passenger out of the car a few blocks away from where he had picked her up.

嫌犯曾用手機搜索綁架教程

警方在對克里斯滕森進行第二次問話的同時，還取走了他的手機進行調查。

調查結果令人感到毛骨悚然。

據FBI的調查顯示，克里斯滕森曾於4月19日打開了一個名為FetLife的網站

他訪問了該網站中一個名為「綁架 101」(Abduction 101)的論壇，裡面有一些關於「完美綁架幻想」(Perfect abduction fantasy) 以及「策劃一場綁架」等帖子。

Investigators searched Christensen s phone and discovered a visit to the website FetLife -- where the user visited a forum called "Abduction 101," Manganaro wrote.

Threads on that forum included "Perfect abduction fantasy" and "planning a kidnapping," the complaint said.

嫌犯在監控錄音中承認綁架

調查人員在取得許可後，對克里斯滕森採取了連續的監控行動。而在監控中獲得的一系列證據卻和克里斯滕森先前在約談中所說並不相符。

FBI的調查顯示，在執法人員的監視過程中，克里斯滕森在一段錄音里提到了如何綁架了章瑩穎，這與他之前的口供不符。

「克里斯滕森表示，他將章瑩穎帶回了自己的公寓，並違背了她的意願將她囚禁在公寓里，」FBI的犯罪訴訟書中寫道，但除此之外，FBI對於錄音的狀況，並沒有更多的披露。

Investigators obtained search warrants and started "continuous surveillance" on Christensen. And authorities say the ensuing evidence contradicts Christensen s claim that he had let Zhang get out of his car a few blocks away from where she was picked up.

"Christensen was captured on audio recording while under law enforcement surveillance explaining how he kidnapped Y.Z.," or Yingying Zhang, the complaint said.

"Christensen stated that he brought Y.Z. back to his apartment, and otherwise held her in his apartment against her will," the complaint said. It did not elaborate on the circumstances of the recorded remarks.

克里斯滕森究竟是誰？

在布倫特·克里斯滕森(Brendt Christensen) 的領英主頁上，資料顯示他是和章瑩穎同校的博士生。

而據伊利諾伊大學教授證實，克里斯滕森直到今年的五月，都還是該校物理系的研究生及助教。認識他的人都對這件事感到震驚。

"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."

「所有人都對此感到震驚，」該系研究生院的副院長蘭斯·庫珀表示。

「沒有任何跡象，他自己也沒有什麼行為規範的不當之處，教學和功課方面都沒問題。」

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

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

該校物理系助教David Meldgi的辦公室就在克里斯滕森的隔壁，兩年中兩人僅僅說過幾次話。

「開會時他是個安靜的人，但他總是會去幫助需要幫助的學生。」Meldgin說到。「我真的很震驚。」

而這麼一個看似「優秀的助教」，似乎有著不為人知的另一面。

克里斯滕森臉書帳號的封面是一個男生牽著一個女生走在深淵般的螺旋式樓梯上的情景，這是日本動漫作家伊藤潤二的恐怖漫畫《漩渦》里的一個畫面。

過去幾年，他喜歡一個來自瑞典通巴的名叫Amon Amarth的樂隊，該樂隊的風格是死亡金屬和重金屬。他點贊了《美國殺人魔》一書，這本書講述的是一個擁有雙重性格的華爾街驕子瘋狂殺人的故事。

而更令人毛骨悚然的是，在上周四舉行的為章瑩穎同學祈福的集會中，嫌犯竟然也出現在現場，而這一幕也被CNN的記者記錄了下來

The crowd of demonstrators who rallied behind Yingying Zhang s family included hundreds of students, professors and concerned strangers.

It also included the man suspected of kidnapping her, officials say.

A photo taken by CNN s Kaylee Hartung at Thursday s rally shows Brendt Christensen, the man who would later be identified as the suspect, in the upper right corner, the University of Illinois and campus police said.

接下來將會發生些什麼？

在7月5日的再次庭審之後，該案件的初次聽證會將會於當地時間的7月14日上午10點舉行。

美國檢察官辦公室的發言人表示，如果嫌犯的綁架罪成立，克里斯滕森將面臨終身監禁的判決。而如果該綁架案導致了人員死亡，判決將更為嚴厲 —— 克里斯滕森將被處以強制性的無期徒刑或是死刑。

If convicted of the federal kidnapping charge, Christensen faces up to life in prison, according to Sharon Paul, a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney』s office.

However, in federal kidnapping cases where a death occurs, the penalty is heavier -- either mandatory life or the death penalty, prosecutors said. Under federal law, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions decides which penalty federal prosecutors pursue.

此前，有分析認為，起訴方是聯邦法院而不是伊利諾伊州法院，是因為伊利諾伊州沒有死刑，以聯邦和聯邦法院的名義起訴，可以以綁架致死的罪名將罪犯判處死刑。因此，檢方是在尋求對罪犯施以最嚴酷的刑罰。

雖然美國警方已經做出了最壞的情況判斷，但我們依然盼望奇蹟出現，瑩穎同學能夠平安歸來。

同時，關注案件的人們也強烈希望罪犯能被繩之以法，嚴懲不貸，還瑩穎和她的家人朋友一個公道。

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