他承认杀害章莹颖，作案细节曝光

正义可能会迟到，但是永远不会缺席。

中国访问学者章莹颖被绑架致死案12日上午9时在美国伊利诺伊州皮奥里亚联邦法庭进行开案陈词。辩护律师当庭指出，被告克里斯滕森承认杀害了章莹颖。

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"Brendt Christensen killed Yingying Zhang," George Taseff said in his opening statement at Christensen's trial, according to WTTW.

“克里斯滕森杀害了章莹颖，”克里斯滕森的辩护律师约翰·塔瑟夫在开案件陈词中指出。

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2017年章莹颖在去签署租房合同的途中失联。视频证据显示章莹颖最后一次被人看到是她上了克里斯滕森的车。没有人知道她经历了什么。

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在昨天的法庭陈词中，更多的细节得到曝光。

在检方从克里斯滕森女朋友提供的窃听录音中获得的一些重要证据。在录音中克里斯滕森描述了令人发指的作案细节，自称章莹颖是自己手下的第十三个受害者。

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.”

克里斯滕森说章莹颖的尸体永远不会被找到。她从中国来的家人只会“空手而归。”

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.

克里斯滕森还把自己比作美国70年代连环杀人魔Ted Bundy。对于调查人员无法找到章莹颖遗体，他还对女友吹嘘自己“非常善于毁尸灭迹”。

Taseff denied few of these details, but did take issue with the fact Christensen said on the recording that Zhang was his 13th victim. 

克里斯滕森对这些作案细节大多没有否认。只否认了自己说过章莹颖是他的第13个受害者。

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在法庭称述中，检方还指控克里斯滕森以残忍方式杀害了章莹颖，涉及强奸和严重的身体虐待。

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.

联邦检察官Eugene Miller说克里斯滕森假冒便衣警察诱骗章莹颖上车，开车把她带到自己的公寓。在公寓里他撕下她的衣服，强奸了她并使她窒息了长达10分钟。期间章莹颖还在奋力挣扎。

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.

之后他把章莹颖带到浴室，用棒球杆击打她的头部，并劈开了她的头颅。他最终用刀刺死了她，并割下她的头颅。

DNA testing conducted on these samples matched the blood to Zhang.

DNA测试表明这些物件上残留的血迹都是章莹颖的。

Via WTTW

尽管克里斯滕森承认了犯罪事实，他依然坚持无罪辩护的立场。

He is charged in federal court with kidnapping resulting in death and lying to FBI investigators. If convicted, he faces a possible death sentence.

克里斯滕森被联邦法院指控绑架、致人死亡、欺骗FBI调查人员等罪状。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.

辩护律师约翰·塔瑟夫辩解称，在被指控作案期间，克里斯滕森受到药物问题和精神问题的困扰，学业和婚姻双双受挫。

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据悉，克里斯滕森的审判是伊利诺伊州自2011年废除死刑以来首次进行的联邦死刑审判。如果由12人组成的陪审团判定克里斯滕森有罪、并一致同意将他判处死刑，这将是十多年来该州的首次死刑。

来源：WTTW，环球网

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