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Cecilia Zhang
{{current event}}[[Image:cecilia.jpg|right|frame|Photo of Cecilia Zhang]]

'''Dong-Yue Zhang''' (張東嶽), ([[March 30]] [[1994]] &mdash; [[October 20]] [[2003]]), known as '''Cecilia Zhang''', was a 9-year-old girl who went missing from her [[Toronto, Ontario]], [[Canada]] family home in fall 2003, making Canadian and international headlines. Her remains were found months later in [[Mississauga, Ontario]]. First-degree murder charges were laid in July 2004.

==Kidnapping==
Sometime after 10 pm.m. [[October 19]] and before 8:30 am [[October 20]], 2003, Cecilia Zhang was kidnapped from her family home in [[North York, Toronto, Ontario|North York]], an area in the north of [[Toronto, Ontario]]. Police presume that the kidnapper(s) entered through the window of her second floor bedroom, as the screen was broken the next morning. Police initially thought multiple kidnappers were involved.

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==Arrest and trial==
On [[July 22]], [[2004]], police charged Chinese visa student [[Min Chen]] with first-degree murder in the case of Cecilia Zhang. Chen, a [[Shanghai]] native who had lived in Canada on a visa since 2001, allegedly entered Zhang's home through a kitchen window and removed her from her home between 3 a
m.m. and 4 am.m., leaving by a side door. According to Police, Min Chen knew a female boarder who lived at the Zhang home between September 2002 and March 2003, and had visited the Zhang home at least four times. Police said that Cecilia would have been comfortable in Chen's company under normal social circumstances. 

Min Chen and a second person were arrested on [[July 21]], [[2004]]. However, the second person was not charged and was released shortly thereafter.

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At his trial, Chen was represented by well known criminal lawyer [[John Rosen]], who had defended killer and serial rapist [[Paul Bernardo]].<ref>"[http://sympaticomsn.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060509/cecilia_chen_accused_060509 Chinese visa student admits to killing Cecilia]", ''CTV'', 10 May 2006.</ref> After pleading guilty to second-degree murder, Chen now faces [[Life
_  imprisonment#Interpretation_  in_  North_  America|life imprisonment]].

==References==
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*{{note|cbc20060510a}} [http://www.cbc.ca/toronto/story/tor-asian-kidnappings060510.html 80% of kidnappings never reported: Asian crime expert], ''[[CBC News]]'', [[May 10]] [[2006]]

==External links==
*[http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/ceciliazhang/ CBC: The Cecilia Zhang case]
*[http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Render&c=Page&cid=1066730587756 Toronto Star: Cecilia Zhang special report]

[[Category:1994 births|Zhang, Cecilia]]
[[Category:2003 deaths|Zhang, Cecilia]]
[[Category:Canadian murder victims|Zhang, Cecilia]]
[[Category:Murdered children|Zhang, Cecilia]]
[[Category:Torontonians|Zhang, Cecilia]]
[[Category:Chinese Canadians|Zhang, Cecilia]]

[[fr:Affaire Cecilia Zhang]]