Lawyer response

Lawyer Wang Zhidong said that in the investigation of criminal cases in the United States, the suspect has the right to remain silent, and no one has the ability to force the suspect to provide a confession, especially a confession that may be unfavorable to him. This is the American judicial system.

The suspect refused to account for his whereabouts, which made it more difficult to solve the case. Not talking doesn't mean that he can't be convicted, but there must be relevant witness material evidence.

YINGYING ZHANG's family went to Salem to look for him. On July 9, local time, Wang Zhidong, a Chinese lawyer in Chicago who is responsible for providing legal advice to YINGYING ZHANG's family, confirmed to CCTV reporters on behalf of his family that YINGYING ZHANG's family had arrived in Salem, about 200 kilometers away from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, on the 6th to find the whereabouts of YINGYING ZHANG.

They visited many local enterprises along the street, and seven people confirmed that they had seen YINGYING ZHANG.

Some of them provided very clear information. YINGYING ZHANG was in Salem town on June 16, 2006, that is, the seventh day after YINGYING ZHANG disappeared. On the day she disappeared, she was carrying a backpack and selling jewelry to local businessmen.