{"id":4396,"date":"2024-01-03T12:18:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T19:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cbs26.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/03\/foreign-exchange-student-victim-of-cyber-kidnapping\/"},"modified":"2024-01-03T12:18:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T19:18:40","slug":"foreign-exchange-student-victim-of-cyber-kidnapping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cbs26.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/03\/foreign-exchange-student-victim-of-cyber-kidnapping\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign exchange student victim of cyber kidnapping"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m107833-mcdn.mp.lura.live\/iupl\/61E\/130\/61E1300A2B867BC460796F345001AE7D.jpg?Expires=2082758400&#038;KeyName=mcpkey1&#038;Signature=amopODymy5mQv1t1iNnr9tXxRmc\"><\/p>\n<div>Kai Zhuang, a 17-year-old Chinese foreign exchange student, was found alive after being a victim of cyber kidnapping. Police in Utah say about a month before his disappearance, kidnappers began contacting Zhuang and demanding money. Zhuang asked his parents for the money, and they became suspicious. That&#8217;s when police say the kidnappers, believed to be in China, escalated their tactics, telling Zhuang to isolate himself and send pictures to his parents as if he were kidnapped. 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