Episode 127 - On the morning of October 20, 2003, in North York, a quiet neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Raymond Zhang and Sherry Xu awakened to find their only child, 9-year-old, Cecilia was missing. She had clearly been abducted. There were no ransom demands or clear motives for her kidnapping. All efforts to find the girl were fruitless, until a Scarborough man stumbled across a body in a ravine late in March 2004.

Sources and further reading:
Agreed Statement of Facts (PDF)
Raymond Zhang - Victim Impact Statement (PDF)
Sherry Xu - Victim Impact Statement (PDF)
CBC Zhang Case Background
CBC Zhang Case Background (more)
Cecilia Zhang search at Newspapers.com
https://missingkids.ca/
https://protectchildren.ca/
https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/gazette/child-abduction
https://www.canadasmissing.ca/pubs/2019/index-eng.htm
web.archive.org - ceciliazhang.org
Globe and Mail - RIP Cecilia, Happy Birthday

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