Canada - Cecilia Zhang, 9, North York ON, 20 Oct 2003

[Casshew]

Oct 20th ~ Toronto Police just issued an Amber Alert for a 9 year old girl found to be missing from her home this morning.

This is too close to home for me



Missing Girl

Cass...

 

[mindys]

Beautiful child, we have to get her back!!

 

[Doyle]

Kidnap fears for missing girl
http://www.torontostar.com/NASApp/c...794&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154

Gone from her family's bosom
http://www.torontostar.com/NASApp/c...695&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154

 

[Doyle]

Ontario police call off Amber Alert
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/10/21/girl031021

Elizabeth Smart's father offers advice to Tto parents of missing 9-year-old
http://www.recorder.ca/cp/national/031021/n102133A.html

First hours are key
Missing children
http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?id=F5811CB9-39E5-4C78-82AD-DA39461660CB

Toronto police hopeful missing girl will be found
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/10/21/cecilia031021

 

[Doyle]

Parents plead for Cecilia's return
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Co...301&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154

 

[mushyb]

Girl may have been taken for money: report

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1066820675839_55///?hub=TopStories

 

[Juliana]

Here's the latest news report on Cecilia Zhang:

http://canada.com/national/story.asp?id=E064C6E0-32F6-4A2D-A5A6-1A2B0685B8DC

Sounds like LE is starting to believe she was taken for ransom and is still alive. I hope so.

 

[Doyle]

Police set the stage for negotiations with Cecilia Zhang's kidnappers yesterday, saying they believe whoever snatched the 9-year-old girl from her bed knows her family and has not taken her out of the country.
http://www.canada.com/hamilton/story.asp?id=CC151494-41AD-408C-913F-029DAF88753E

 

[Cypros]

I turned the news on in the car yesterday and they were talking about Cecilia and how distraught her parents are. Then they had her father on and he talked for a long time but I had difficulty understanding him because of his accent. I kept hearing him say "her biological mother" and I am wondering if this is a custody dispute. Was Cecilia adopted or is her father remarried? has anybody heard anything about this?

 

[dairydog]

I heard a report a few days ago where the question had been raised as to Cecilia's biological mother. The report stated that apparently Sherry is the biological mother. There is also a reference to this question in today's Toronto Sun paper.
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/TorontoSun/News/2003/10/25/236305.html

 

[Cypros]

hmmm. I wonder why it was even a question that Sherry was the mother. It is strange how they just throw that out there and don't offer any explanation.

 

[Ghostwheel]

It could just be that the father's english isn't very good, and he is using the wrong word to describe the mother. A lot of countries don't have the wife take the husband's last name, and that seems to confuse many Americans.

In one of the early articles, they made a comment over the house belonging to people with two different names (Weimin Zhang and Wen Xu). It was just the parents given names as opposed to their "Americanized" first names.

 

[Cypros]

That could certainly be it, Ghostwheel. Westerners have a difficult time with Asian names as it is.

 

[canuck]

Large Reward Offered:

Article

Cecilia's Website:

Find Cecilia

(you don't have to install the Chinese software to access the site)

 

[mindys]

This just really sucks. We get one precious child back and another and then another goes missing. I look forward many years from now to Heaven, where every child is accounted for.

 

[Doyle]

Chief urges kidnappers to return Cecilia
Two calls made prior to parents' call to 911
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Co...570&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154

 

[Doyle]

Cecilia search moves to TTC
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Co...477&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154

 

[dairydog]

Cecilia's case will be featured on "America's Most Wanted" this Saturday night. The police feel that perhaps more than one kidnapper was involved in her abduction.

 

[Doyle]

Missing girl tip fund reaches $85,000
http://canada.com/national/story.asp?id=53AC9044-CD9D-4D21-8EF4-D14A04D7E38B

School honours missing girl
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Law/2003/10/20/231420-cp.html

 

[Doyle]

Prayers said for Cecilia's swift return
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Co...954&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154

It's now been a full two weeks since nine-year old Cecilia Zhang disappeared from her home. Police are still no closer to arresting a suspect but say they are following up on 13 tips made after "America's Most Wanted" broadcast a short segment about the case Saturday night.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1067875320868_63284520/?hub=Canada