An Illinois man who prosecutors described as obsessed with serial killers was fo...
PEORIA, Ill. - An Illinois man who prosecutors described as obsessed with serial killers was found guilty on Monday of the kidnapping and decapitation murder of a Chinese graduate student two years ago and could now face the death penalty.
Zhang was reported missing on June 9, 2017, two months after coming from southeastern China to study photosynthesis and crop production at the university. Her remains have never been found, but prosecutors said her DNA was matched to blood later found in three spots inside Christensen’s bedroom. Investigators were led to Christensen through surveillance video footage captured in Urbana, 130 miles south of Chicago, showing Zhang getting into a black car that later was traced to the defendant.
During closing arguments on Monday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Eugene Miller told jurors that Christensen had spent up to six months planning the murder and had chosen Zhang because she was small of stature and appeared an easy target. “This is not the ultimate decision. You have to realize there’s more,” attorney Elisabeth Pollock told jurors.
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