失踪女留学生章莹颖家属已抵美 FBI悬赏1万美元寻找线索
中国赴美访问学者章莹颖6月9日在美国伊利诺伊大学香槟分校失踪,至今杳无音讯,引发广泛关注。伊利诺伊大学警察局最新更新的调查进展指出,美国联邦调查局(FBI)现在提供1万美元的奖励,征集与章莹颖有关信息;她的家人也于17日抵达学校,与执法人员会面。
Zhang Yingying's father Zhang Ronggao, her aunt and her boyfriend Hou Xiaolin met with law enforcement and university officials accompanied by officials from China's Consulate General in Chicago, according to the University of Illinois police department's website.
据伊利诺伊州大学警察局网站称,章莹颖的父亲章荣高、小姨以及男友候霄霖在中国驻芝加哥总领事馆官员的陪同下,与执法部门和校方见面。
The University of Illinois Community Credit Union has set up an account to raise money to cover the family's living expenses on campus. According to World Journal, as of June 18 the fund had reached $36,463 with contributions from 1,070 people, exceeding the goal of $30,000.
伊利诺伊大学学联会已经创建账户发起筹款,以支付章莹颖家属在校期间的生活费用。据《世界日报》称,截至6月18日,共有1070人捐款36463美元,已经超过3万美元的目标。
A tweet from The Federal Bureau of Investigation said it is now offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the location of Zhang, 26, who was last seen near the north end of the campus when she boarded a Champaign-Urbana mass transit bus on June 9.
美国联邦调查局发推特表示,提供1万美元(约合人民币68000元)奖励,征集与章莹颖下落有关的信息。6月9日,人们在学校最北端最后一次见到26岁的章莹颖,当时她上了一辆香槟市去往厄巴纳市的通勤公交。
Police confirmed Zhang was wearing a charcoal-colored baseball cap, a pink and white long-sleeved flannel shirt, jeans, white tennis shoes and was carrying a black backpack, and exited the West Springfield and North Mathews avenue at 1:52 pm local time.
警方确认章莹颖头戴炭灰色棒球帽,身穿粉色配白色的法兰绒长袖T恤、牛仔裤、白色网球鞋,并且背着一个黑色双肩包。她于当地时间下午1点52分在西斯普林菲尔德和北马修斯大道下车。
Zhang was then captured on security cameras talking to a white male through the window of a black Saturn Astra, five blocks from where she got off the bus, the same day. Zhang got into the vehicle and it drove off.
随后,监控摄像头捕捉到,当天章莹颖在距下车地点五个街区外的地方和一辆黑色土星汽车里的一名白人男子隔着车窗交谈。章莹颖坐进车里后,车子就开走了。
当地时间6月9日下午1时29分,公寓管理人员接获章莹颖简讯,表示会晚点到达公寓管理办公室,接着预估自己约2时10分可以抵达,该办公室人员等到2时38分,仍未见人影时,曾再度发出简讯询问何时到达,不过却再也没有收到回音。
The FBI, which has joined Illinois State Police and the University of Illinois Police Department in the search for Zhang, listed the case as kidnapping on its website.
联邦调查局已经在其网站上将该案件定性为绑架,并和伊利诺伊州警方以及伊利诺伊大学警察局一同搜寻章莹颖。
Concerned residents and students have, under the direction of the UIUC Chinese Students and Scholars Associations (UIUC CSSA), distributed flyers around the city in what they describe as a "carpet search mission".
在伊利诺伊大学香槟分校中国学生学者联合会的指导下,关心这件事的市民以及学生在该市周围发放传单,他们将这一行动称为“地毯式搜索”。
The University of Illinois Police Department, the Office of the Dean of Students and the International Student and Scholar Services held a forum to share information about the ongoing investigation on June 15.
6月15日,学校警察局、学生教务处以及国际学生学者服务中心创立了一个论坛,分享调查进展。
Officials suggested preventative measures for students and faculty to prevent future incidents of this nature. The school has expressed interest in increasing the numbers of cameras on campus and providing self-protection education to incoming international students and current students.
官方建议学生和教师采取预防性措施,防止此类事件再次发生。伊利诺伊大学表示,有意增加校园内的监控摄像数量,并对即将入学的国际学生和在校生进行自我保护教育。
Patrick Wade, spokesman of the UIUC Police Department, said officers were working around the clock for Zhang's return.
伊利诺伊大学香槟分校警察局发言人帕特里克•韦德称,警方正在昼夜不停地寻找章莹颖。
The university police department's website said that detectives have been using vehicle records to identify a number of registered owners of the type of vehicle in the video.
该校警察局网站称,侦查人员通过车辆记录确定了一些与视频中汽车型号相同的注册车主。
"Investigators continue to utilize image enhancing technology available through the FBI," the website said. "Information about the search is being shared widely, reaching more than 1 million people on social media, on billboards throughout the state, and through media both locally and throughout the country."
“调查人员继续利用FBI提供的图像增强技术展开工作。寻人信息已经被广泛传播,已经有超过100万人通过社交媒体、伊利诺伊州的公告板以及地方和全国媒体获知此消息。”
The UIUC Police Department further encouraged the public to continue sharing accurate information on social media to spread awareness about Zhang's disappearance, as well as print and distribute the bulletin to local businesses.
该校警察局进一步鼓励公众继续在社交媒体上分享准确的信息,以让更多人了解章莹颖失踪案,并印发公告发布给当地企业。
"Although the investigation is moving forward very quickly, we are unable to comment on many specifics of the case in order to protect the integrity of the investigation and make sure we can find Ms. Zhang as quickly as possible," a representative from the department said.
警察局一位代表称:“尽管调查进展得很迅速,但是为了确保调查的真实完整性,并为了尽早找到章莹颖,我们无法对案件的许多细节发表评论。”