Chinese Scholar’s Murder Case Becomes an Award-Winning Documentary

A documentary centered on the search for a visiting Chinese scholar who was abducted, raped and murdered in 2017 has been winning big at fil...

‘YingYing’s Fund’ Started at University of Illinois to Help International Students in Times of Need

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has set up a fund in honor of Chinese visiting scholar Yingying Zhang, who was abducted and m...

‘Heroes’ Who Helped Catch Chinese Scholar’s Killer Get $20,000 Reward From Her Parents

The parents of a University of Illinois visiting scholar from China who was abducted and killed in 2017 are set to give at least $20,000 to ...

Chinese Scholar’s Remains Might Be in an Illinois Landfill, Lawyer Says

More than two years after Chinese scholar Yingying Zhang mysteriously disappeared with convicted killer Brendt Christensen, her family could...

Man Who Raped and Murdered Chinese Scholar Escapes Death Penalty, Smiles Over Life Sentence

The former University of Illinois graduate student, Brendt Christensen, who was found guilty of kidnapping, raping, and murdering Chinese sc...

Murderer of Chinese Scholar Offers to Reveal The Location of Her Body to Avoid Death Penalty

Brendt Christensen, who was convicted of raping, torturing, and killing Yingying Zhang, a visiting Chinese scholar at the University of Illi...

Illinois Man Found Guilty of Rape and Murder of Visiting Scholar Yingying Zhang

A jury in Illinois has found Brendt Christensen guilty of kidnapping, raping and murdering University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign schola...

Man Who Kidnapped Chinese Scholar Raped and Beheaded Her, Idolized Ted Bundy

A former Ph.D. student accused of kidnapping, torturing, and murdering Yingying Zhang, a visiting Chinese scholar at the University of Illin...

Abducted Chinese Scholar Was Not the Initial Target, Court Documents Reveal

The case of Yingying Zhang — the visiting scholar from Nanping, China, who went missing from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Cham...

Man Arrested for Kidnapping Chinese Scholar Researched Sex Fetish Sites Beforehand

Federal authorities have arrested a 28-year-old man who researched abduction and sexual fetish websites in connection with the disappearance...

Visiting Scholar From China Reported Missing from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

A visiting Chinese student, 26-year-old Zhang Yingying, has been missing from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus since Frida...