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Cecilia Zhang
[[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.

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==Finding of remains==
On [[March 28]], [[2004]], police confirmed that remains, discovered by a hiker in a [[Mississauga, Ontario|Mississauga]] wooded ravine, were those of Cecilia Zhang. A winter thaw exposed the evidence; remains which seem to have been idle for quite some time. Peel Regional Police called in national forensic experts and stated that "this is now a homicide investigation."

==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. and 4 a.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 a press conference on July 22, 2004, police noted that the investigation was global, involving the [[RCMP]], Vancouver Police, [[FBI]], and police in mainland China. The conference was not without public criticism mainly due to the emotional comments made by the Peel Regional Police Chief Noel Catney. At the time, Catney, who was appearing live on television, held a photograph of 21-year-old Min Chen, a man who was then accused of murder but had not yet been put on trial, stating that "he is not jus(contracted; show full)ctober 20, 2003 at Cecilia's home.  When Cecilia struggled and tried to scream, Chen covered her face with a towel and held his hand over her mouth.  She had stopped struggling by the time Chen placed her inside the trunk of his car and left.  When Chen later stopped to check on her, she had stopped breathing.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/toronto/story/tor-zhang060509.html Student pleads guilty to killing 9-year old Cecilia Zhang], ''[[CBC News]]'', [[May 9]] [[2006]]</ref>


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]].⏎
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==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]]