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Missing Chinese student in US likely kidnapped by white man who circled street in car, FBI says

Zhang Yingying last seen getting into a black car in Urbana, Illinois, last Friday and police say they are deeply troubled by her disappearance

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Zhang Yingying has been missing since last Friday afternoon. Photo: Handout

A man in a black car circled the quiet streets of a small American city before deciding on his target, stopping and talking to a young Chinese woman, inviting her into his vehicle and then kidnapping her.

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This is the scenario the FBI is presenting as a massive police search is underway in Urbana, Illinois, for the Fujian province-born student Zhang Yingying.

Zhang, 26, has been missing for six days. She was last seen on Friday afternoon, getting into a black Saturn Astra hatchback in Urbana, police say.

The FBI are treating her disappearance as a kidnapping case.

The suspect is a white man who circled the area in the car that afternoon before stopping to talk to Zhang, the US law enforcement agency said.

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