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Wednesday 28 June 2017
FBI locates car related to missing Chinese scholar case

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — The The disappearance has
FBI has located the car that been labeled a kidnap-
a missing Chinese scholar ping but police have not
studying at the University of ruled out other scenarios.
Illinois was last seen getting Local police and the FBI
into earlier this month, the said her case is top priority.
FBI said Tuesday. The agriculture sciences
The University of Illinois Po- scholar disappeared mo-
lice Department and the ments after stepping off a
FBI received numerous bus on her way to sign an
leads regarding the black apartment lease. Zhang
Saturn Astra that surveil- has been researching crop
lance video showed Yingy- photosynthesis and was ex-
ing Zhang getting into on pected to begin work on
June 9, the agency said in her Ph.D. in the fall at the
a statement. University of Illinois, accord-
FBI spokesman Brad Ware ing to the school.
declined to provide further Zhang’s family mem-
details, including where bers have traveled to the
and when the car was 44,000-student campus in
found. But in the statement, Champaign, a city about
This undated photo provided by The University of Illinois Police Department shows Yingying Zhang. the agency said: “We have 140 miles (225 kilometers)
Police said the FBI is investigating the disappearance of Zhang, a Chinese woman from a central developed several addi- south of Chicago. They are
Illinois university town, as a kidnapping. Zhang was about a month into a yearlong appointment tional leads and would like staying in university housing
at the University of Illinois’ Urbana-Champaign when she disappeared June 9, 2017. to remind the public that as the search continues.
(Courtesy of the University of Illinois PD via AP) this is still an active investi- The University of Illinois has
gation.” the largest Chinese student
The FBI is offering up to population of any U.S. col-
$10,000 for information lege, with 5,600 students
leading to the location of enrolled, according to U.S.
the 26-year-old woman. government data.q

Man accused in missing son’s
slaying denies he tried to flee

By MICHAEL BALSAMO flee to a country that had
KEN RITTER no extradition agreement
Associated Press with the U.S., though they
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Cali- declined to identify that
fornia father told a judge country.
on Tuesday that he wasn’t Andressian is being held in
hiding from authorities Las Vegas on $10 million
when he was arrested in bail and is expected to be
Las Vegas, and will not fight returned to California later
his transfer in custody to Los this week to face a murder
Angeles to face a murder charge in connection with
charge in the disappear- the disappearance of his
ance of his 5-year-old son. son, Aramazd Andressian
Aramazd Andressian Sr. Jr.
wasn’t asked and didn’t “If California wants me
say where his son is, and his they can come and get
lawyer later said he didn’t me,” he told Justice of the
know either. Peace Eric Goodman. “I
“I wish I did. I wish we all never came here in an in-
did,” attorney Daniel Nar- tent to flee.”
doni told The Associated Nardoni has said An-
Press in a brief telephone dressian never harmed his
interview. son and is innocent of crim-
Andressian, 35, appeared inal charges.
for an extradition hearing The attorney declined to
in Las Vegas and, with his say why his client was in
hands and feet shackled, Las Vegas, and rejected
flashed a smile during the what he characterized as
hearing and cracked jokes detectives’ theories that
about the number of jour- Andressian killed the boy to
nalists in the courtroom. get back at his estranged
He was arrested Friday in wife for a tumultuous rela-
Las Vegas after investiga- tionship.
tors became concerned “He denies that to his last
that he was planning to breath,” Nardoni said. q