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One of these vehicles was registered to Brendt Allen Christensen, a Champaign resident. [11] Christensen, born June 30, 1989, is a former Ph.D. student at the University of Illinois. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2013 with a bachelor's degree in math and physics and graduated with a master's degree in physics from the ...
Brendt Christensen was handed a life sentence on Thursday after a jury failed to reach unanimous verdict on whether to give him the death penalty.
A federal jury that convicted a former University of Illinois doctoral student of kidnapping, torturing and killing a young scholar from China now must decide if Brendt Christensen should be put ...
Opening statements began in the death-penalty trial of Brendt Christensen, a case which is being closely watched in China and by Chinese students across the U.S. Christensen is accused of posing ...
Brendt Christensen Urbana, Illinois, US 26 Murdered On 9 June 2017, Zhang was running late for an appointment to sign a lease. While waiting at a bus stop, she was approached by Christensen in his car. Zhang got into the car and has not been heard from since. On 24 June 2019, Christensen was convicted of the murder of Yingying Zhang. [104]
Brendt Allen Christensen, sentenced to life without parole in 2019 for the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Yingying Zhang, after a jury spared him from execution. Wesley Ira Purkey, executed in 2020 for the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Jennifer Long.
In a statement, attorney Steve Beckett said the family of Yingying Zhang was notified by prosecutors that Brendt Christensen's attorneys provided information that led investigators to think the ...
Brendt Christensen: 22127-026: Transferred to USP Coleman II. Serving a life sentence. Kidnapped, raped, and murdered a Chinese student at the University of Illinois. Scott Lee Kimball: 14444-006: Transferred to USP Florence High. Serving a 70-year sentence; scheduled for release on January 7, 2082 Suspected of having committed additional murders.