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The chilling truth behind Yingying Jang's disappearance revealed.
The chilling truth behind Yingying Jang's disappearance revealed.
A young scholar missed her bus by seconds and ended up at a corner where a stranger in a black Saturn Astra was already circling the block. She hesitated, then got in. She was seven thousand miles from home, running late, and the driver said he was a police officer. How many warnings did the system receive before she ever reached that curb?
In this episode, we analyze the abduction and murder of Yingying Jang at the University of Illinois. We examine the circling car, the DNA in the killer's apartment, the girlfriend who secretly recorded his confession, and the violent thoughts he had disclosed to a counselor weeks earlier. When a man announces what he is capable of, who is responsible for what happens next?
Victim: Yingying Jang
Age: 26 years old
Date: June 9, 2017
Location: Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
Perpetrator: Brent Christensen
Outcome: Convicted in federal court
- Yingying Jang, a 26-year-old Chinese visiting scholar, missed her bus and accepted a ride in a black Saturn Astra in Urbana-Champaign on June 9, 2017.
- The driver, Brent Christensen, lured her in by posing as a police officer, and she was never seen again outside security footage.
- DNA in his apartment matched Yingying, and his girlfriend secretly recorded nine conversations in which he described killing her.
- Christensen had disclosed violent thoughts to a university counselor weeks earlier, and Yingying's body was never recovered.
- He was convicted in federal court; his claim of a "thirteenth victim" was never corroborated, and her family turned their grief into a memorial fund for international students.
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OBOMEDIA presents true crime storiesa true crime podcast built on real cases.
Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived.
We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.
From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.
© 2026 Created with OBOMEDIA technology. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text and related materials) are the property of their respective creator and are distributed under the OBOMEDIA name on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing and business inquirie
A young scholar missed her bus by seconds and ended up at a corner where a stranger in a black Saturn Astra was already circling the block. She hesitated, then got in. She was seven thousand miles from home, running late, and the driver said he was a police officer. How many warnings did the system receive before she ever reached that curb?
In this episode, we analyze the abduction and murder of Yingying Jang at the University of Illinois. We examine the circling car, the DNA in the killer's apartment, the girlfriend who secretly recorded his confession, and the violent thoughts he had disclosed to a counselor weeks earlier. When a man announces what he is capable of, who is responsible for what happens next?
Victim: Yingying Jang
Age: 26 years old
Date: June 9, 2017
Location: Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
Perpetrator: Brent Christensen
Outcome: Convicted in federal court
- Yingying Jang, a 26-year-old Chinese visiting scholar, missed her bus and accepted a ride in a black Saturn Astra in Urbana-Champaign on June 9, 2017.
- The driver, Brent Christensen, lured her in by posing as a police officer, and she was never seen again outside security footage.
- DNA in his apartment matched Yingying, and his girlfriend secretly recorded nine conversations in which he described killing her.
- Christensen had disclosed violent thoughts to a university counselor weeks earlier, and Yingying's body was never recovered.
- He was convicted in federal court; his claim of a "thirteenth victim" was never corroborated, and her family turned their grief into a memorial fund for international students.
To listen ad-free and access premium episodes, start your 30-day free trial at obomedia.com
OBOMEDIA presents true crime storiesa true crime podcast built on real cases.
Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived.
We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.
From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.
© 2026 Created with OBOMEDIA technology. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text and related materials) are the property of their respective creator and are distributed under the OBOMEDIA name on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing and business inquirie
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A young scholar missed her bus by seconds and ended up at a corner where a stranger in a black Saturn Astra was already circling the block. She hesitated, then got in. She was seven thousand miles from home, running late, and the driver said he was a police officer. How many warnings did the system receive before she ever reached that curb?
In this episode, we analyze the abduction and murder of Yingying Jang at the University of Illinois. We examine the circling car, the DNA in the killer's apartment, the girlfriend who secretly recorded his confession, and the violent thoughts he had disclosed to a counselor weeks earlier. When a man announces what he is capable of, who is responsible for what happens next?
Victim: Yingying Jang
Age: 26 years old
Date: June 9, 2017
Location: Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
Perpetrator: Brent Christensen
Outcome: Convicted in federal court
- Yingying Jang, a 26-year-old Chinese visiting scholar, missed her bus and accepted a ride in a black Saturn Astra in Urbana-Champaign on June 9, 2017.
- The driver, Brent Christensen, lured her in by posing as a police officer, and she was never seen again outside security footage.
- DNA in his apartment matched Yingying, and his girlfriend secretly recorded nine conversations in which he described killing her.
- Christensen had disclosed violent thoughts to a university counselor weeks earlier, and Yingying's body was never recovered.
- He was convicted in federal court; his claim of a "thirteenth victim" was never corroborated, and her family turned their grief into a memorial fund for international students.
To listen ad-free and access premium episodes, start your 30-day free trial at obomedia.com
OBOMEDIA presents true crime storiesa true crime podcast built on real cases.
Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived.
We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.
From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.
© 2026 Created with OBOMEDIA technology. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text and related materials) are the property of their respective creator and are distributed under the OBOMEDIA name on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing and business inquirie
A young scholar missed her bus by seconds and ended up at a corner where a stranger in a black Saturn Astra was already circling the block. She hesitated, then got in. She was seven thousand miles from home, running late, and the driver said he was a police officer. How many warnings did the system receive before she ever reached that curb?
In this episode, we analyze the abduction and murder of Yingying Jang at the University of Illinois. We examine the circling car, the DNA in the killer's apartment, the girlfriend who secretly recorded his confession, and the violent thoughts he had disclosed to a counselor weeks earlier. When a man announces what he is capable of, who is responsible for what happens next?
Victim: Yingying Jang
Age: 26 years old
Date: June 9, 2017
Location: Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
Perpetrator: Brent Christensen
Outcome: Convicted in federal court
- Yingying Jang, a 26-year-old Chinese visiting scholar, missed her bus and accepted a ride in a black Saturn Astra in Urbana-Champaign on June 9, 2017.
- The driver, Brent Christensen, lured her in by posing as a police officer, and she was never seen again outside security footage.
- DNA in his apartment matched Yingying, and his girlfriend secretly recorded nine conversations in which he described killing her.
- Christensen had disclosed violent thoughts to a university counselor weeks earlier, and Yingying's body was never recovered.
- He was convicted in federal court; his claim of a "thirteenth victim" was never corroborated, and her family turned their grief into a memorial fund for international students.
To listen ad-free and access premium episodes, start your 30-day free trial at obomedia.com
OBOMEDIA presents true crime storiesa true crime podcast built on real cases.
Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived.
We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.
From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.
© 2026 Created with OBOMEDIA technology. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text and related materials) are the property of their respective creator and are distributed under the OBOMEDIA name on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing and business inquirie