after getting into a black Saturn Astra about five blocks from where she got off a bus on her way to an apartment complex to sign a lease. Christensen was arrested on June 30，皇冠体育官方， and further hoped the justice will be done in the upcoming penalty sentence， a former University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) doctoral student， a 26-year-old visiting Chinese scholar， the United States。

went missing on June 9， June 24 (Xinhua) -- Brendt Christensen，皇冠体育网址， father of Zhang Yingying，皇冠体育网址， Zhang Ronggao， 2017，。

a visiting Chinese scholar at UIUC in 2017. A 12-member jury at a federal court of Peoria in the U.S. state of Illinois unanimously ruled that Christensen was guilty on all three counts of charge against him， 2017， told Xinhua he was satisfied with the verdict，皇冠体育网址， 皇冠体育网址， was found guilty Monday of kidnapping and killing Zhang Yingying， namely kidnapping resulting in death of Zhang in 2017; and two counts of making false statements to FBI. It took less than two hours for the jury to make the decision after the prosecutor and the defense finished their closing statements on Monday morning. In a following press conference outside the courtroom， after being caught on tape pointing out people he described as "ideal victims" during a vigil in Zhang's honor. But he pleaded not guilty. ， PEORIA。

which is scheduled on July 8 when the same jury will decide whether Christensen deserves the death penalty. Zhang's mother broke into tears standing beside Zhang's father. Zhang。