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Guilty plea in Zhang murder
Toronto girl taken from her bedroom in October, 2003
May 9, 2006. 09:45 AM
THESTAR.COM STAFF
Chinese visa student Min Chen, 23, pleaded guilty today to second-degree murder in the 2003 abduction and slaying of 9-year-old Toronto schoolgirl Cecilia Zhang.
He has been sentenced to life in prison.
Zhang was abducted from her bed on the night of Oct. 20, 2003. Her parents were asleep only metres away inside the North York family home near Finch Ave. and Highway 404.
Zhang’s disappearance triggered an exhaustive, weeks-long search by police and volunteers. Her case was featured on the TV program America’s Most Wanted.
Nevertheless, no trace of Zhang was found for five months.
On March 27, 2004, a Mississauga resident was drawn to a ravine behind the Church of Croatian Martyrs by the sound of coyotes. In a wooded area there beside the Credit River, Zhang’s body was found.
Peel police have never revealed the cause of death, the reasons behind her abduction or why the Seneca Hills Public School student was slain.
Chen was arrested July 21, 2004.
The Shanghai-born resident was living in Canada under a student visa that was about to expire although the former Seneca College student had quit school several months earlier.
Guilty plea in Zhang murder
Toronto girl taken from her bedroom in October, 2003
May 9, 2006. 09:45 AM
THESTAR.COM STAFF
Chinese visa student Min Chen, 23, pleaded guilty today to second-degree murder in the 2003 abduction and slaying of 9-year-old Toronto schoolgirl Cecilia Zhang.
He has been sentenced to life in prison.
Zhang was abducted from her bed on the night of Oct. 20, 2003. Her parents were asleep only metres away inside the North York family home near Finch Ave. and Highway 404.
Zhang’s disappearance triggered an exhaustive, weeks-long search by police and volunteers. Her case was featured on the TV program America’s Most Wanted.
Nevertheless, no trace of Zhang was found for five months.
On March 27, 2004, a Mississauga resident was drawn to a ravine behind the Church of Croatian Martyrs by the sound of coyotes. In a wooded area there beside the Credit River, Zhang’s body was found.
Peel police have never revealed the cause of death, the reasons behind her abduction or why the Seneca Hills Public School student was slain.
Chen was arrested July 21, 2004.
The Shanghai-born resident was living in Canada under a student visa that was about to expire although the former Seneca College student had quit school several months earlier.