Toronto murder charge over China student webcam death
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[quote=BBC]
A man has been charged with murder over the death of a Toronto university student whose last moments were caught via webcam by her boyfriend in China.
Brian Dickson, 29, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with first-degree murder in the death of Qian Liu, 23.
Ms Liu, of Beijing, was found dead on Friday, hours after her boyfriend saw her struggle with a man who came to the door as they were chatting online.
Mr Dickson, from Toronto, is expected to appear in court on Thursday.
Police in Toronto did not reveal how they had tied Mr Dickson to the killing, and earlier, investigators said they had yet to determine the cause of death.
On Wednesday, Ms Liu's father said he was travelling to Toronto from China.
"She was our only child," said Liu Jianhui, research director of Communist Party history at the Party School of the central committee of the Chinese Communist Party, according to the Associated Press news agency.
Only child mourned
Mr Liu said his daughter had studied at Beijing City University before moving to York University in Canada, where she met the boyfriend with whom she was chatting online on the night of her death.
"After hearing the news about Qian Liu, our family and friends were all very worried," he said.
"But we were praying for the possibility that the victim was a different person with the same name... soon we found that we could no longer reach my daughter.
"Then the Canadian police made it quite clear that it was indeed my daughter."
Ms Liu and her boyfriend were chatting at about 0100 local time (0500 GMT) when a man unknown to the boyfriend knocked on the door asking to use Ms Liu's cell phone.
She let him into her basement flat and a struggle ensued for several minutes while the friend watched in horror, police said. The web chat was shut down, and Ms Liu's IBM laptop and webcam were apparently taken from the flat.
Ms Liu was found dead on Friday morning. Her body was naked from the waist down but investigators said they had found no obvious signs of sexual assault, and no evident trauma that could have caused her death.
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Thank God that bastard was caught, my condolence goes towards her family and boyfriend.
What do people not understand about there being sick fucks in this world? I cannot count the times an adult has been killed because they let a stranger into their vehicle or house.
[QUOTE=XanKriegor;29331357]What do people not understand about there being sick fucks in this world? I cannot count the times an adult has been killed because they let a stranger into their vehicle or house.[/QUOTE]
I'm sorry maybe some people like to be polite instead of living in paranoia for the rest of their lives.
[QUOTE=MachiniOs;29332234]I'm sorry maybe some people like to be polite instead of living in paranoia for the rest of their lives.[/QUOTE]
It's kind of sad to see where being polite can get you though.
[editline]21st April 2011[/editline]
In this case that is
Usually murder news reports and such don't really phase me but this one seemed to have an extended effect on me. I hope that bastard gets the harshest punishment
I wonder how her boyfriend felt as he watched her getting attacked and knowing he is thousands of miles away and can't do anything.
[QUOTE=Squarebob;29332547]I wonder how her boyfriend felt as he watched her getting attacked and knowing he is thousands of miles away and can't do anything.[/QUOTE]
He felt like he was thousands of miles away and couldn't do anything.
I dont get why you'd go to rob someone then kill them too...
Doonbugie2, please stop rating everyone disagree. It's not really funny :downs:
On topic, it's sad that they lost their only child and probably won't be able to have another one :smith:
[QUOTE=Lilolia;29332900]I dont get why you'd go to rob someone then kill them too...[/QUOTE]
They found her half naked apparently.
[QUOTE=1chains1;29333543]They found her half naked apparently.[/QUOTE]
He probably needed a pair of pants.
[QUOTE=1chains1;29333543]They found her half naked apparently.[/QUOTE]
Robbery, Rape, 1st degree murder.
So guys, who here thinks this asshole is getting life?
[quote]"After hearing the news about Qian Liu, our family and friends were all very worried," he said.
"But we were praying for the possibility that the victim was a different person with the same name... soon we found that we could no longer reach my daughter.
"Then the Canadian police made it quite clear that it was indeed my daughter."
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This makes me sad.
[quote]"She was our only child,"[/quote]
You live in China. No shit.
[QUOTE=GunFox;29364793]You live in China. No shit.[/QUOTE]
Not funny or necessary
[QUOTE=GunFox;29364793]You live in China. No shit.[/QUOTE]
It's still unfortunate that she was their only child though.
... as if my day couldn't get any more miserable.
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