The former girlfriend of an ex-doctoral student charged with slaying a visiting scholar from China says she was scared and conflicted about wearing an FBI wire.
Terra Bullis testified Wednesday she truly cared about Brendt Christensen, but she also "cared about this missing person" Yingying Zhang who was visiting the University of Illinois. The 29-year-old Christensen is on trial in federal court for allegedly killing 26-year-old Zhang after luring her into his car in 2017.
Bullis recorded nine conversations she had with Christensen in person and on the phone for the FBI. In a recording played Wednesday, Christensen told her he led authorities to believe blood found in his apartment by investigators was Bullis' blood. Christensen is heard saying he made Bullis bleed once on her face. He then asks her if she remembers.
Defense attorneys seeking to spare him a death sentence told jurors he did kill Zhang. But they dispute some details about how and why he did it.
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — Charlie Woods failed to advance in a U.S. Open local qualifying event Thursday, shooting a 9-over 81 at Legacy Golf & Tennis Club.
The 15-year-old son of Tiger Woods tied for 61st among the 74 players who finished. The top five advanced to regional qualifying.
Woods shot 40 on the front nine, opening bogey-double bogey. He followed a birdie on the par-3 fifth with another double bogey. He shot 41 on the back with three bogeys and a double bogey.
The U.S. Open will be played June 13-16 at Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina.
Woods also struggled in February in a pre-qualifier for the PGA Tour's Cognizant Classic, taking a 12 on a hole and shooting a 16-over 86 at Lost Lake Golf Club in Hobe Sound.
Woods has played the 36-hole PNC Championship with his father the last four years in a scramble format.
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FILE - Charlie Woods tees off during the final round of the PNC Championship golf tournament Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, in Orlando, Fla. Charlie Woods, the 15-year-old son of Tiger Woods, failed to qualify for his first U.S. Open after shooting 9-over 81 on Thursday, April 25, 2024, at Legacy Golf & Tennis Club in Port St. Lucie, Florida.(AP Photo/Kevin Kolczynski, File)
