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Aaron Vincent Elkaim / The Canadian Press via AP, file
A police dog searches the banks of the Credit River in Mississauga, Ont., after police discovered a female severed head on Aug. 16. A post−mortem examination has now identified the remains as those of Guang Hua Liu, a 41-year-old former spa owner.
TORONTO -- Human remains found in a suitcase floating in Lake Ontario near Toronto this week belonged to a single mother who went missing early last month and whose body parts had been scattered throughout the city, police confirmed Thursday.
Toronto police said a post−mortem examination identified the remains as those of Guang Hua Liu, a 41-year-old former spa owner and mother of three.
The Toronto Sun reported that the suitcase was discovered floating about 1.6 miles offshore by boaters on Wednesday.
Local resident Blaine Reardon told the Toronto Star he saw two boaters towing the luggage ashore. The newspaper described it as a "large, black, wheeled suitcase." Local media said it contained a human torso.
Liu was reported missing in early August. Hikers saw her foot floating in a river just west of Toronto a few days later. Police then found her head and hands elsewhere.
A subsequent search unearthed more of Guang's body parts in the suburb of Scarborough, in the city's east end.
Estranged boyfriend held
Speaking to the Toronto Sun, Peel Regional Police Constable Fiona Thivierge said: "We are hoping that torso will lead us to understand how she came to die."
Chunqi Jiang, a construction worker and recently estranged boyfriend of the victim, was arrested last week and charged with second-degree murder.
The grisly details of the case have drawn comparisons to the death earlier this year of Jun Lin. The Chinese student's severed hands and feet were mailed to the offices of political parties in Ottawa and to schools in Vancouver, while other body parts were found in Montreal.
Luka Magnotta, a small-time Canadian porn actor, has been charged with Lin's murder and has pleaded not guilty.
After an international manhunt, authorities apprehended Canadian porn actor Luka Magnotta, who is alleged to have murdered, dismembered, and cannibalized a man thought to be his boyfriend. NBC's Jim Maceda reports.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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One tends to think of Canada as a wholesome outdoorsy place, where everybody goes around dressed in flannel shirts and breathing the fresh air.
But... I guess they have their issues too.
Grizzly story.
Somehow, I don't think grizzlies were involved. Unless, of course, he strangled her with his bare hands.
This woman just came apart,
What a cut up you are.
One tends to think of Canada as a wholesome outdoorsy place, where everybody goes around dressed in flannel shirts and breathing the fresh air....................It is. But like every country, there are quite a few bad apples.
maybe her final wishes were to be buried at sea???
i hope this doesnt happen to your mother ...cause if it does ..im going to say some @!$%#ed up jokes about it...
Only 2nd degree, not first degree? The fact that she was cut into pieces should be reason enough for 1st degree.
My thoughts exactly, Steven.
only in canada eh
I hate it when I forget to pack the rest of my dismembered wife for vacation. Then I have to buy spare body parts at a huge markup.
Well aren't you a clever funny guy -_-
Sounds adulterous to me. Cheating on your wife with other body parts. Shame on you.
@Randy
I feel really bad for this situation...but I just laughed out loud at work over this comment...along with spitting diet coke all over my monitor. Thank you :)
What a horrible ending for this woman, once so active in her community.My heart breaks for her three children not just because they have lost their mother, but having to deal with these awful circumstances. People can make jokes about it, yet the pain for those who knew and loved her must be terrible right now. I pray they are enveloped by lots of support and love.
finally ...i was looking all over for one descent supportive comment.
They might start by ruling out natural causes. Maybe they'll check for cancer next.
I'm pretty sure it was that cutting-off-the-head thing that explains how she came to die.
I guess more correctly the officer should have said, the motive for her murder. They can actually tell if the the victim was alive or already dead when the dismembering took place. The condition of the remains may not allow that.
What is with those Canadians...there are dismembered body parts of males and female showing up all over the place...first there were feet washing up around Vancouver and now there are body parts in Eastern Canada...only one murder/disappearance has been solved.
thats a stupid way to get rid of a body.you have to think it through.at least bury it in the woods.some place protected from future development.where it wont be disturbed.think people,think!
Well, well, we know where to start looking for your missing wife now, don't we...
ha! thats just one of many places.hehe.
Some weird stuff going on in Canada. Do they have an anti-Chinese cult operating up there?
Why do they persist in posting photos and links to unrelated cases when they do a report like this? Is it just so they can keep their bizarre cases all in one place?
Don't kid yourself, lots of crime in Canada. Just this week a riot in Quebec. So much child porn that it takes the U.S. to help them. Just this past summer some Canadian man came to Hollywood to kill his girlfriend and put her in a dumpster, he was jealous of her fame. Men are evil in every country. 95% of violent crime is committed by men.
Have you met most women? If so you should understand why the violence happens.
In your case, Claire, I would probably end up validating your claim there. Because I'm pretty sure any time spent with you at all would result in your head being somewhere besides attached to your body.
We used to live in Scarboro Ontario. 1952 to 1990.It went from the most beautiful place you could think off. We had our home in a nice neighborhood next to ravines, a river with fish, fields and vallys with all sorts off wild life. Then Prime Minister opened Canada to Jamacian criminals and third world garbage. The fish died and the river became polluted. The animals lost their fields to government housing, and our happy little basically crime free neighborhood turned into the worst crime area in Canada...The end of Scarbourogh All the little Pakis and Indians and Rasta boys run wild selling drugs stabbing and shooting the population..Welcome to the armpit of Canada.....All thanks to your politicains
Are we now talking about Hitler now? JEEEEEEEEEEEEZ
Could someone enlighten me as to what breed of dog that is? For some odd reason it reminds me of a Yorkshire Terrier in the facial area, though of course those dogs tend to be very small, while that police dog is moderately sized.
Perhaps some variation of Labrador?
...upon hearing the news of "Body of Mother Found".....
Angelina Jolie was quoted as saying:
"This is Great News. Now she can go home and be reunited with her Children. I wish her a Speedy recovery"
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(Angelina Jolie - Utter stupidity in speech for over 20 years)
Case solved!