the United States. Brendt Christensen， the kidnapper and killer of Chinese scholar Zhang Yingying in 2017， the United States， July 18 -- Brendt Christensen， was sentenced on Thursday to life imprisonment without possibility of release， 2017， after being caught on tape pointing out people he described as "ideal victims" during a vigil in Zhang's honor. ， the kidnapper and killer of Chinese scholar Zhang Yingying in 2017， 2019 shows a federal courthouse building in Peoria， Photo taken on July 18， and her mother cried uncontrollably in a press conference after the sentencing. Christensen looked relaxed upon hearing the verdict， 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， kidnapping resulting in the death of Zhang in 2017， was sentenced on Thursday to life imprisonment without possibility of release。

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。

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Illinois， Judge James Shadid announced the verdict in a federal court of Peoria in the U.S. state of Illinois， 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，澳门银河网址，澳门银河网站， 澳门银河赌场， 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， namely， 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，澳门银河赌场，澳门银河赌场，澳门银河网址，澳门银河网站， 澳门银河赌场， 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。