Judge sets April 2019 trial in missing Chinese scholar case

A federal judge has set an April 2019 trial date for a former physics student accused of kidnapping and killing a University of Illinois scholar from China.

Neither prosecutors nor Brendt Christensen’s attorneys objected to the new trial date. The trial had been scheduled to begin later this month, but both prosecutors and defense attorneys requested that it be delayed.

Prosecutors announced in January that they would seek capital punishment. They say Brendt Christensen allegedly tortured 26-year-old Yingying Zhang before killing her. Her body hasn’t been found. Christensen has pleaded not guilty to kidnapping resulting in death.

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