Post by LadyBlue on Jun 14, 2017 6:19:51 GMT -5
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WRSP) — A University of Illinois student has been reported missing.
26-year-old Ying-Ying Zhang was last heard from on Friday afternoon around 1:30 p.m.
Police say she sent a text message to an Urbana apartment complex that she was heading over to sign some paperwork, but never showed up.
Zhang is a visiting scholar from China.
Police stress they don’t know if she is in danger.
If you have any information you are asked to call 911 or the University of Illinois Police at 217-333-1216.
foxillinois.com/news/local/university-of-illinois-student-reported-missing-06-12-2017
UPDATE: Police seek information on car tied to missing UI scholar
University of Illinois Police are investigating whether UI agriculture scholar Yingying Zhang may have called a ride-hailing service Friday afternoon before she was reported missing, releasing a video showing her entering a black car along North Goodwin Avenue.
“That’s something we’re pursuing,” said UI Police spokesman Patrick Wade, though he said that is standard in any missing-person case. “There’s a thousand different scenarios that could have played out here. We have a lot more work to do before we can say what it was and what it wasn’t.”
Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying the vehicle, a black Saturn Astra.
Detectives are also examining her cellphone records and working with ride-hailing companies such as Uber to see if Zhang, a visiting scholar from China, may have arranged for a ride, Wade said.
The video released Monday morning, from the B-4 parking garage on North Goodwin, shows Zhang standing on the east side of Goodwin as the vehicle pulls up beside her. She and the driver speak for some time before she enters the vehicle shortly after 2 p.m., which then continues north on Goodwin Avenue.
“The biggest thing right now is we are asking people to watch that video. Our hope is that someone will recognize the vehicle, or have some information about that encounter that we can follow up on,” Wade said.
Anyone with information about vehicle or the encounter should call 911 or UI police at 217-333-1216. Non-emergency information may also be emailed to police@illinois.edu.
Friends notified police Saturday that Zhang hadn’t been heard from since about 1:30 p.m. Friday.
She boarded a Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District Teal line bus at 1:35 p.m. Friday at the south shelter at the Orchard Downs complex in Urbana. She got off the bus at 1:52 p.m. at Springfield and Mathews avenues in Urbana, police said.
She had been headed to the One North apartment complex on North Lincoln Avenue in Urbana on Friday to sign a lease, texting the property manager at 1:30 p.m. that she was going to be late.
After exiting the bus, Wade said she stood along Goodwin for several minutes before the black car pulled up. Her conversation with the driver also lasted a couple of minutes, he said. The video was edited for length.
www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-06-12/update-police-seek-information-car-tied-missing-ui-scholar.html
26-year-old Ying-Ying Zhang was last heard from on Friday afternoon around 1:30 p.m.
Police say she sent a text message to an Urbana apartment complex that she was heading over to sign some paperwork, but never showed up.
Zhang is a visiting scholar from China.
Police stress they don’t know if she is in danger.
If you have any information you are asked to call 911 or the University of Illinois Police at 217-333-1216.
foxillinois.com/news/local/university-of-illinois-student-reported-missing-06-12-2017
UPDATE: Police seek information on car tied to missing UI scholar
University of Illinois Police are investigating whether UI agriculture scholar Yingying Zhang may have called a ride-hailing service Friday afternoon before she was reported missing, releasing a video showing her entering a black car along North Goodwin Avenue.
“That’s something we’re pursuing,” said UI Police spokesman Patrick Wade, though he said that is standard in any missing-person case. “There’s a thousand different scenarios that could have played out here. We have a lot more work to do before we can say what it was and what it wasn’t.”
Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying the vehicle, a black Saturn Astra.
Detectives are also examining her cellphone records and working with ride-hailing companies such as Uber to see if Zhang, a visiting scholar from China, may have arranged for a ride, Wade said.
The video released Monday morning, from the B-4 parking garage on North Goodwin, shows Zhang standing on the east side of Goodwin as the vehicle pulls up beside her. She and the driver speak for some time before she enters the vehicle shortly after 2 p.m., which then continues north on Goodwin Avenue.
“The biggest thing right now is we are asking people to watch that video. Our hope is that someone will recognize the vehicle, or have some information about that encounter that we can follow up on,” Wade said.
Anyone with information about vehicle or the encounter should call 911 or UI police at 217-333-1216. Non-emergency information may also be emailed to police@illinois.edu.
Friends notified police Saturday that Zhang hadn’t been heard from since about 1:30 p.m. Friday.
She boarded a Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District Teal line bus at 1:35 p.m. Friday at the south shelter at the Orchard Downs complex in Urbana. She got off the bus at 1:52 p.m. at Springfield and Mathews avenues in Urbana, police said.
She had been headed to the One North apartment complex on North Lincoln Avenue in Urbana on Friday to sign a lease, texting the property manager at 1:30 p.m. that she was going to be late.
After exiting the bus, Wade said she stood along Goodwin for several minutes before the black car pulled up. Her conversation with the driver also lasted a couple of minutes, he said. The video was edited for length.
www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-06-12/update-police-seek-information-car-tied-missing-ui-scholar.html