Brendt Christensen

The father of a slain scholar who begged his daughter's killer to reveal what he did with her remains so that they could be returned to China for burial…

The man convicted of murdering University of Illinois visiting scholar Yingying Zhang will spend the rest of his life in federal prison “without release”.…

A former University of Illinois doctoral student is facing life in prison in the abduction, rape and killing of a scholar from China after a federal jury…

The jury is deliberating on the question of sentencing for the man convicted of the 2017 kidnapping and murder of University of Illinois visiting scholar…

The sentencing phase of Brendt Christensen’s federal death penalty trial will go to the jury Wednesday. There’s only one question the jury at the federal…

Brendt Christensen’s mother and sister say they still love him, even after learning he kidnapped and murdered U of I visiting scholar Yingying Zhang in…

The sentencing phase of the Brendt Christensen trial enters its fifth day Friday. Federal public defenders called eight witnesses Thursday in their effort…

The penalty phase of the trial of the man convicted of kidnapping and killing a University of Illinois visiting scholar is underway.Prosecutors began…

A federal judge will allow jurors at the sentencing hearing of a former University of Illinois doctoral student to watch videos made by the mother and…

A federal jury that convicted a former University of Illinois doctoral student of kidnapping, torturing and killing a young scholar from China now must…