A judge has allowed lawyers for a 27-year-old suspect in the abduction of a University of Illinois scholar from China to withdraw from the case on grounds he can't foot the legal bills.
A defense attorney paid for by federal funds will now be brought in to represent Brendt Christensen.
Christensen is accused of kidnapping 26-year-old Yingying Zhang off campus as she headed to sign an apartment lease.
Investigators believe she's dead, though her body hasn't been found.
A trial date is set for February 27th.
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