authorities say kidnapped a visiting chinese scholar at the university of illinois, brendt christensen, denied bail. i think that is what everyone hoped, because whoever the criminal is, he s a threat to every others safety in this community. reporter: this june 9th surveillance video police say shows yingying zhang getting into christensen s car, the last time she was seen. investigators say they have reason to believe she is no longer alive. you always want to have a body if it s at all possible. but there have been so many cases where there was no body, and people have been convicted. reporter: christensen was even spotted at a vigil for zhang after she was reported missing and of the iners today alleged he may have been casing the crowd for other victims. a day before he was arrested, authorities also say he was captured on police surveillance
appearance for a suspect in the disappearance of a graduate student in illinois. brent chisen ens has been charged with the disappearance of a graduate student in illinois. brent christensen being arrested after surveillance video showed this student getting into his car. abc s alex perez with the disturbing clues allegedly found on his phone. reporter: outside this courthouse today, hundreds demanding justice for university of illinois graduate student yingying zhang and her grieving family. inside the man accused in her kidnapping appearing before a judge. he s been charged with kidnapping, and if convicted, the penalty is up to life in prison. reporter: brent christensen, a former physics graduate student, arrested three weeks after the 26-year-old visiting chinese scholar, vanished. everybody is stunned, i ve gotten many, many e-mails from graduate students and faculty expressing complete disbelief and surprise. reporter: christensen was even spotted here in the crowd at
killed when her car and the other vehicle somehow were merging there. desper turned himself in after fleeing from the scene after, again, shooting at the young girl, striking her in the head, killing her. in just moments now, the suspect in the disappearance of a university of illinois student is due to appear in court. this as new details emerge about brendt christensen. the fbi says that christensen may have visited abduction fantasy and kidnapping websites right before allegedly kidnapping 26-year-old yingying zhang. zhang was studying at the university of illinois when she went missing three weeks ago. police say surveillance video shows zhang getting into christens christensen s car. reporter: we re outside the federal courthouse in urbana, illinois, just on the outskirts of the university of illinois
campus where both brendt christensen and yingying zhang studied. he is charged with the kidnapping of zhang. will additional charges follow? we shall see. it was on this june 9th video surveillance footage we lost saw yingying zhang. once police connected christensen to the car, they put him under continuous surveillance. after two weeks of keeping a watchful eye on him, they captured him explaining to someone how he kidnapped zhang. we don t know who he was explaining that to. perhaps we will learn that today in court. all right, thanks so much. president trump working the phones this morning all ahead of his first face-to-face meeting as president will be meeting with vladimir putin. we re following all the developments. (vo) a lifetime of your dog s
there is no bail. heather: authority say, after 18-year-old bianca roberson was shot, her car veered off the road, struck a tea, and was found in a ditch. she was expected to start jacksonville university in just a few weeks. eric: it is such a shame. another disturbing case, visiting chinese scholar, university of illinois, as been missing for a a month. authorities are assuming the worst. 28-year-old brendt christensen, former phd student and researcher, is due in court, and he is facing charges of kidnapping 26-year-old yingying zhang. she was last seen on june 9th come up but what type of case to the authorities has? authorities. wendy, this is so disturbing. apparently, authorities have surveillance video. they say she was going to get a rental check, miss the bus, and the surveillance video shows her