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Cecilia Zhang.
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Cecilia Zhang
Parents mortgaged home to have ransom ready.
Victim(s)
Cecilia Zhang (Dong-Yue Zhang) (9F)
perpetrator(s)
Min Chen
Case Status
Closed Case
Case Years
October 20, 2003
Location(s)
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Synopsis
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In 2003, nine-year-old Cecilia Zhang was abducted from her Toronto home in the middle of the night, sparking a massive search that gripped the nation. Months later, her body was discovered north of the city, and investigators traced the crime to a foreign student desperate to avoid deportation. The case exposed vulnerabilities in child safety and immigration oversight, leaving a community shattered by the loss of a little girl whose life ended far too soon.
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