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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

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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