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Justice Bruce Durno asked Chen many questions about his decision to plead guilty and the young man stood impassively in the prisoner’s dock, saying "Yes," 13 times, "No," twice and "I understand," three times in response.
He uttered the single word - "Guilty" - when a court attendant asked for his plea to the charge of second-degree murder.
Chen also indicated that he understood that his plea would result in a life sentence. He will likely be deported back to mainland China if granted parole in 10 or more years.
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He decided to bury her body in a Mississauga ravine, Saltmarsh told court, but abandoned the plan because the ground was too hard. Her skeletal remains were found March 27, 2004 by a local resident attracted to the ravine by coyote howls.
Saltmarsh said prosecutors did not "fully accept" Chen's version of events, but had no evidence to prove otherwise.
He said Chen's plea deal was agreed to police investigators and Cecilia's parents.
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Three different investigative teams had placed Chen under surveillance for several weeks after Peel Police matched a fingerprint found inside the young girl’s home on Whitehorn Crescent with Chen’s thumbprint found on a discarded kitchen knife in the backyard.
Forensic experts found nine of Chen’s prints on the outside of a kitchen window from which he entered the home the night of the abduction. His thumbprint was also found on a hallway near Cecilia’s bedroom although none of his prints were lifted from anywhere inside the young girl’s room.