CHICAGO (CBS/AP) --The jury deciding Brendt Christensen's fate is preparing for another day of emotional testimony in the death penalty phase of his trial in the murder of Chinese scholar Yingying Zhang. Christensen was convicted two weeks ago of kidnapping and killing Zhang, and now the same...
CHICAGO (CBS) --Prosecutors are expected to wrap up their case against former University of Illinois student Brendt Christensen on Friday in the murder of Chinese scholar Yingying Zhang. Christensen's lawyers are expected to put on a brief defense, starting with testimony from his ex-wife, who ...
Brendt Christensen received the life term after a jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether he should be given the death penalty. Christensen, 30, abducted Yingying Zhang on the university campus in June 2017 before beating her to death with a baseball bat and decapitating her. ...
Brendt Christensen, who kidnapped and killed Zhang in 2017, was sentenced last month to life imprisonment without the possibility of release. Zhang went missing on June 9, 2017, after getting into a black Saturn Astra about five blocks away from where she got off a bus on her way to an ...
CHICAGO, April 30 (Xinhua) -- Brendt Christensen, accused kidnapper and killer of visiting Chinese scholar Zhang Yingying in 2017, is abandoning his mental-health defense, local media have reported. Chicago Tribune said Monday that the suspect's lawyers said in a filing that "Christensen decided...
An Illinois jury has found a former PhD student guilty in the kidnap and murder of a Chinese student after abducting her at a bus stop. The court heard that Brendt Christensen, 29, beat Yingying Zhang to death with a baseball bat and decapit
It has been over 70 days since Zhang disappeared after getting into a black Saturn Astra on Jun. 9, and the driver Brendt Christensen, a former physics student at the university, is accused of kidnapping her. Acting US Attorney Patrick Hansen and FBI Special Agent Sean Cox announced an indic...
28-year-old Brendt Christensen acknowledged to the judge that he understood his rights, but did not say anything else. U.S. Magistrate Eric Long ordered Christensen held without bond in the kidnapping of Yingying Zhang. Authorities say facts in the case indicate the 26-year-old Zhang is dead...
CHICAGO - Before allegedly kidnapping and killing visiting Chinese scholar Zhang Yingying in 2017, suspect Brendt Christensen already turned to University of Illinois Counseling Center for help with his suicidal and homicidal thoughts, according to documents unsealed this week. In the defense motion, law...
Brendt Christensen, accused kidnapper and killer of visiting Chinese scholar Zhang Yingying in 2017, is abandoning his mental-health defense, local media have reported. This photo provided by the Macon County Sheriff's Office in Decatur, Ill., shows Brendt Christensen. [File Photo: AP] ...