Federal jury finds man guilty of kidnapping, murdering Chinese scholar in Illinois
by Jamie Munks, Chicago Tribune
Jun 24, 2019
2 minutes
PEORIA, Ill. - A federal jury on Monday found Brendt Christensen guilty in the kidnapping and murder of Chinese scholar Yingying Zhang in Champaign-Urbana in 2017.
The jury reached the verdict after less than two hours of deliberations. The 12-member panel will now be asked to decide whether Christensen, 29, should be sentenced to death
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