The Murder of Yingying Zhang
The girlfriend of the murderer wore a wire to exonerate him, but it recorded him basking in the details of his killing.
Yingying was running late.
She had been researching all morning before returning to her apartment for lunch. She sent a text to Rontrez Stone, the marketing manager for One North Apartment complex, to slightly push their appointment back to 2:10 PM.
26-year-old Yingying Zhang was a long way from home, China. She arrived in US in April 2017, and she did not have any intentions of staying long. Graduating top of her class from Peking University, she was a visiting scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) to research crop sciences, focusing on photosynthesis in soybeans and corn. Once finished, she would return to her country to fulfill her dream of being a professor.
On June 9th, Yingying was hoping to sign a lease on an apartment to save rent and maybe, getting a few roommates. Without access to a car, Yingying had to rely on the campus bus, but she found herself on the wrong side of the road during a transfer. She hailed at the bus and even ran after it, but laws dictate that bus drivers are not allowed to stop for passengers on the opposite side of the road to avoid accidents from oncoming traffic.
