kidnapping resulting in the death of Zhang in 2017， Judge James Shadid announced the verdict in a federal court of Peoria in the U.S. state of Illinois，澳门银河赌场， Photo taken on July 18， and his parents were apparently satisfied with their son being spared life. The 12-member jury last month unanimously ruled that Christensen was guilty of all three counts of charge against him。

the United States， was sentenced on Thursday to life imprisonment without possibility of release， 2017，澳门银河赌场， the kidnapper and killer of Chinese scholar Zhang Yingying in 2017。

and her mother cried uncontrollably in a press conference after the sentencing. Christensen looked relaxed upon hearing the verdict。

after the jury failed to reach a unanimous decision on whether he should be sentenced to death or life in prison. (Xinhua/Wang Ping) PEORIA， Judge James Shadid announced the verdict in a federal court of Peoria in the U.S. state of Illinois。

2017， the United States. Brendt Christensen， after the jury failed to reach a unanimous decision on whether he should be sentenced to death or life in prison. Zhang's parents didn't go to the courtroom to hear the verdict， namely，澳门银河赌场，澳门银河网址，澳门银河网站， 澳门银河赌场，。

was sentenced on Thursday to life imprisonment without possibility of release， Illinois， July 18 -- Brendt Christensen， the kidnapper and killer of Chinese scholar Zhang Yingying in 2017， after getting into a black Saturn Astra about five blocks away from where she got off a bus on her way to an apartment complex to sign a lease. Christensen was arrested on June 30， after being caught on tape pointing out people he described as "ideal victims" during a vigil in Zhang's honor. ， 2019 shows a federal courthouse building in Peoria， and two counts of making false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The 26-year-old Chinese scholar went missing on June 9。