(Urbana, IL) — It’s not murder charges, but a central Illinois man is facing charges for the death of a Chinese scholar at the U of I. Federal prosecutors filed new charges yesterday against Brendt Christensen in the kidnapping of Yingying Zhang. Christensen is now charged with ‘kidnapping resulting in death.’ FBI agents say the believe Zhang is dead after Christensen snatched her back in June, but they have not found her body. Christensen was previously only charged with kidnapping.