Hunt continues for Chinese student at Illinois university who went missing FIVE days ago when she went to sign a lease
- Yingying Zhang's friends called police Saturday after not hearing from her
- She was last seen headed to an apartment complex to sign a lease Friday at 2pm
- The 26-year-old is a Chinese visiting student at the University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign campus
- Police released a video showing her getting into a car around 2pm on Friday
A Chinese visiting student at the University of Illinois' Urbana-Champaign campus has been missing since Friday, police have said.
Yingying Zhang's friends reached out to police Saturday after they hadn't heard from her since Friday afternoon, when she was headed to an apartment complex to sign a lease.
University of Illinois Police released a video on Monday showing the 26-year-old getting into a black Saturn Astra in Urbana around 2pm on Friday, just after getting off a bus.
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Yingying Zhang's friends reached out to police Saturday after they hadn't heard from her since Friday afternoon, when she was headed to an apartment complex to sign a lease
Zhang was last seen in a video on the day she went missing after she got off of a bus in Urbana and later got into a car
The video, taken from surveillance at a nearby parking garage, shows Zhang standing on the road when the car pulls up beside her. She then has a brief chat with the driver before getting into the car.
Police are looking at her cellphone records and investigating whether the car may have been an Uber or other ride-sharing vehicle.
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A spokesman for the University police, Patrick Wade, said they need the public's help to identify the vehicle, according to The Champaign News-Gazette.
'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,' he said.
Zhang is a visiting student at the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
Zhang is a visiting student at the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences.
Authorities believe she was last seen wearing a charcoal gray hat with a white logo on the front and a pink and white flannel long sleeved shirt, jeans, white shoes and a navy backpack. She has dark shoulder-length hair and wears glasses, police said.
She has only been living in the college town for about a month, and has been staying in University housing.
Authorities believe she was last seen wearing a charcoal gray hat with a white logo on the front and a pink and white flannel long sleeved shirt, jeans, white shoes and a navy backpack. She has dark shoulder-length hair and wears glasses, police said
University of Illinois Police released a video on Monday showing the 26-year-old getting into a black Saturn Astra (pictured) in Urbana around 2pm on Friday, just after getting off a bus
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