Sara Burnett, Associated PressStudentsMan Held in Chinese Scholar’s Kidnapping was Grad StudentCHICAGO — The 28-year-old Illinois man charged with kidnapping a Chinese scholar now believed to be dead was among a select few admitted to the University of Illinois’ highly competitive physics graduate program in 2013. Brendt Allen Christensen originally planned to earn a doctorate degree, but told his graduate adviser in 2016 he had changed […]July 2, 2017Page 1 of 1