A family clinging to fading hope that the remains of Yingying Zhang, a Chinese scholar brutally killed more than two years ago, may someday be found gathered Friday in Savoy for a memorial service that included only her photograph and their own memories of her life.

If Brendt Christensen told his defense attorneys the truth, the remains of Yingying Zhang, the young woman he murdered two years ago, may be in a landfill near Danville.