CANADA Canada- Ying ZHANG, 57, last seen @ a wellness centre, Markham, ON 25 July 2024. *Suspicious circumstances'*

[tarabull]

Police lay kidnapping charge as search for missing Ontario woman continues | Globalnews.ca

York Regional Police have charged a man with kidnapping in connection with the disappearance of an Ontario woman under “suspicious” circumstances.

globalnews.ca

Its weird, the headline from the global news link isn't what is showing in my post FWIW, noting as they actually finally called her a dr, but yet not...

 

[slowpoke]

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A white Ford van was seen in the area and a suspect was seen with a large green wheeled bin near the van at the time of ZHANG’s disappearance. There is information that the suspect vehicle travelled to the Village of Kirkfield, in the City of Kawartha Lakes, on the afternoon of July 25.

Accused:

• Changlin YANG, 26, of East Gwillimbury

Charges:

• Kidnapping
• Forcible Confinement
• Aggravated Assault

Suspect Vehicle:

• White Ford van
• Ontario licence plate BZ43851

UPDATE - MARKHAM WOMAN MISSING UNDER SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES

UPDATE - MARKHAM WOMAN MISSING UNDER SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES

www.yrp.ca

Omg, I wasn’t too far off the mark, then.
Wonder if it kidnapping for ransom, or for something personal?
I hope they can find her!

 

[tarabull]

Investigators are trying to determine if they are known to each other...

Suspect charged in alleged kidnapping of woman who remains missing

York Regional Police have laid charges after a Markham woman's suspected kidnapping. The woman remains missing.

toronto.citynews.ca

 

[starlightstarbright]

Looking at the accused, there is just a criminal underworld feel to him, I’m wondering if this isn’t gang related, and perhaps she hadn’t been willing to play ball with paying up to the local gangs. JMO

 

[dotr]

 

[slowpoke]

She was assaulted inside the building in her place of business!

Ying Zhang is an acupuncturist.

An assistant to a lawyer with an office down the hall heard screaming coming from Ying Zhang’s office.

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So, heard screaming but didn’t call police, I guess ?!
I had assumed there would be others working in the Holibalance clinic, but I guess not? Just Dr. Zhang?
I am not very hopeful she is alive…

 

[Inthedetails]

She was assaulted inside the building in her place of business!

Ying Zhang is an acupuncturist.

An assistant to a lawyer with an office down the hall heard screaming coming from Ying Zhang’s office.

—
So, heard screaming but didn’t call police, I guess ?!
I had assumed there would be others working in the Holibalance clinic, but I guess not? Just Dr. Zhang?
I am not very hopeful she is alive…

If she was attacked inside her office during business hours, how was she taken out of the building??

jmo

 

[Kittypoo]

If she was attacked inside her office during business hours, how was she taken out of the building??

jmo

In the green bin and white ford van?

 

[Inthedetails]

In the green bin and white ford van?

Yes, but how did she get from the building to the van in the middle of the work day without anyone noticing?

jmo

 

[dotr]

Yes, but how did she get from the building to the van in the middle of the work day without anyone noticing?

jmo

? Speculation, imo.

green bin clipart - Google Search

 

[notafighter]

The suspect being seen with a green bin makes me fearful of a bad outcome. I hope I'm wrong. Kawartha Lakes has quite a few large bodies of water and is generally rural/lots of wooded area. I don't believe this is gang-related, she appears to be quite proficient and professional, not one too dabble in that sort of business. Perhaps a former disgruntled former patient? A family dispute? Or maybe something financial... All MOO. I hope she is found safe.

 

[slowpoke]

“A white Ford van was seen in the area and a suspect was seen with a large green wheeled bin near the van at the time of Zhang’s disappearance. There is information that the suspect vehicle travelled to the Village of Kirkfield, in the City of Kawartha Lakes, on the afternoon of July 25,” YRP said in a news release issued Monday.

Dickson said police haven’t confirmed any relationship between Zhang and the accused at this time, but they do believe the incident was targeted.

^(Bolded by me)

Suspect charged with kidnapping as police search for missing woman from York Region

Police north of Toronto have charged a suspect with kidnapping as the search continues for a woman who investigators say went missing under 'suspicious circumstances.'

www.cp24.com

 

[Centaurus]

Yes, but how did she get from the building to the van in the middle of the work day without anyone noticing?

jmo

In the green bin.

 

[Inthedetails]

? Speculation, imo.
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green bin clipart - Google Search

Of course. My lame brain was reading the word "bin" as "van." The picture jolted the wires in my head back in place. Thanks.

jmo

 

[tarabull]

Woman abducted from Markham wellness centre ‘suffered significant injuries’ that could cause her death: police

Ying Zhang, 57, was last seen Thursday at the Woodbine Avenue wellness centre where she worked.

www.thestar.com

 

[Inthedetails]

Woman abducted from Markham wellness centre ‘suffered significant injuries’ that could cause her death: police

Ying Zhang, 57, was last seen Thursday at the Woodbine Avenue wellness centre where she worked.

www.thestar.com

From the link:

"Police have reason to believe that a woman who was abducted from her Markham workplace last Thursday and who remains missing 'suffered significant injuries' that could cause her death.

York Regional Police say investigators found pieces of forensic evidence, including some belongings of Ying Zhang, 57, at the Woodbine Avenue wellness centre where she worked and was last seen."

 

[dotr]

Jul 30, 2024
The search continues for a missing Markham woman, despite police making an arrest in the investigation. Our Courtney Heels is following this investigation and joins us from Markham this morning.
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[slowpoke]

Woman abducted from Markham wellness centre ‘suffered significant injuries’ that could cause her death: police

Ying Zhang, 57, was last seen Thursday at the Woodbine Avenue wellness centre where she worked.

www.thestar.com

At the link:
“John D. Simmons, a lawyer whose office is down the hall fromHoliBalance
Wellness Centre, said he was in the office on Thursday but didn’t hear anything out of the ordinary. He said he would occasionally see Zhang but they didn’t speak because of a language barrier. He said he mostly saw women coming in and out of the wellness centre and Zhang would occasionally have a group of women over for what he believed were lunch gatherings, adding that the incident was “off putting.””

^bolded by me

Is he referring to her assault and abduction as the incident he finds “off putting”!? Is it me not understanding that term, because that seems like a really insensitive thing to say about an incident where a woman experienced horror and may have lost her life.

 

[dotr]

Jul 31, 2024
Police have been scouring a wooded area in a small community east of Orillia, in the disappearance of a Markham woman. CP24 Crime Analyst, Steve Ryan, is on Palestine Road in Kirkfield.

 

[aggiekel2005]

At the link:
“John D. Simmons, a lawyer whose office is down the hall fromHoliBalance
Wellness Centre, said he was in the office on Thursday but didn’t hear anything out of the ordinary. He said he would occasionally see Zhang but they didn’t speak because of a language barrier. He said he mostly saw women coming in and out of the wellness centre and Zhang would occasionally have a group of women over for what he believed were lunch gatherings, adding that the incident was “off putting.””

^bolded by me

Is he referring to her assault and abduction as the incident he finds “off putting”!? Is it me not understanding that term, because that seems like a really insensitive thing to say about an incident where a woman experienced horror and may have lost her life.

I think it's a weird way to word things, but I assumed he meant that the incident was disturbing as it happened down the hallway. I could be wrong though.