Filing: FBI Searched Cell of Man Charged in Scholar’s Death

Filing: FBI Searched Cell of Man Charged in Scholar’s Death
The University of Illinois Police Department shows Yingying Zhang. Courtesy of the University of Illinois Police Department via AP File
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PEORIA, Ill.—Attorneys for the man charged with kidnapping and killing a Chinese scholar at the University of Illinois-Champaign say the FBI searched his jail cell when he was in court.

his photo provided by the Macon County Sheriff's Office in Decatur, Ill., shows Brendt Christensen.  (Macon County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
his photo provided by the Macon County Sheriff's Office in Decatur, Ill., shows Brendt Christensen.  Macon County Sheriff's Office via AP, File