Police arrest suspect in York University student murder

[alexmst]

Dan Robson
Staff Reporter

As a plane carrying Qian Liu’s grieving parents touched down in Toronto, police announced the arrest of a man they believe murdered the 23-year-old York University student.

Liu’s body was found in her basement apartment Saturday.

A graduate of Beijing City College, she came to Toronto last September to study English at York, part of a plan to further her university studies here.

Only an hour before she was attacked around 1 a.m. Saturday, the victim spoke via webcam to her mother, telling her how much she missed home.

On Wednesday, police charged 29-year-old Brian Dickson with first-degree murder. He is scheduled to appear in court Thursday morning.

Liu’s body was found Friday at 11 a.m. on Saturday by two friends and her landlord at 27 Aldwinckle Heights after they were alerted by Meng Xianchao, the victim’s boyfriend in China, who witnessed part of the struggle between the woman and an intruder by webcam the night before.

While homicide is leading the investigation into Liu’s death, police are still waiting for toxicology test results to determine the cause of death.

Police released photos of Liu’s missing IBM ThinkPad laptop, her missing external webcam device for live-streaming and her yet-to-be-recovered Nokia Smartphone.

 

[5hummer]

Good to see the asshole got caught!

I wonder if pet detective Phil C. McNasty still thinks its the work of a serial killer?
https://terb.cc/vbulletin/showthread.php?332741-Serial-Killer

 

[fuji]

Good.

 

[hinz]

A couple of "intriguing" observations from G&M,

1) Police request the public not to publish the accused photo, as it would compromise their ongoing investigation-not so sure this is the real reason but does it have to do with the accused ethnic background and risk of potential racial tension?

2) The murder victim's father reaction-don't want to sound cold and insensitive but as a Chinese Communist Party official he said, “But we were praying for the possibility that the victim was a different person with the same name ... soon we found that we could no longer reach my daughter. Then the Canadian police made it quite clear that it was indeed my daughter.”

Didn't it sound contradictory??

No such confusion in Cecilia Zhang murder case when her families are seemed to be devoted (evangelical?) Christians.

 

[Plan B]

I hope that this senseless violence doesn't make potential Asian International students wary of coming to Toronto. Vancouver has experienced a number of incidents against Korean students, that has many reconsidering their plans to come to Canada. International students are usually some of the friendliest people, and pay high tuition fees to the schools the go to in Canada.
I hope this didn't happen because some dumb caucasian had yellow fever and was rejected.

 

[hinz]

I hope that this senseless violence doesn't make potential Asian International students wary of coming to Toronto. Vancouver has experienced a number of incidents against Korean students, that has many reconsidering their plans to come to Canada. International students are usually some of the friendliest people, and pay high tuition fees to the schools the go to in Canada.

Don't "worry" about it. Rest assure some Communists propagandists working in CCTV are busy to sensationalize and exaggerate Canada's new notoriety, other than ideal place to do money laundering and harbor fugitives, the real ones. No?

I hope this didn't happen because some dumb caucasian had yellow fever and was rejected.

Who say only White dudes have "yellow fever"?

Speaking of "yellow fever", still don't have a clue what the fuss is all about, especially after reading crap like this.

 

[james t kirk]

I'm glad they caught the guy, but I'm curious to know why this happened to this poor girl.

I'm so sorry for her family. She was their only child.

 

[Cassini]

I'm glad they caught the guy, but I'm curious to know why this happened to this poor girl.

The toxicology results make me think that something somehow went wrong. For instance: he drugged her, then she died.

Its very odd that the cause of death is not quickly obvious.

 

[whynot888]

perhaps strangulation?

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

Good to see the asshole got caught!

I wonder if pet detective Phil C. McNasty still thinks its the work of a serial killer?
https://terb.cc/vbulletin/showthread.php?332741-Serial-Killer

Nice to see I`m on your mind a lot and got under your skin

 

[assholee]

There are some people who are curious about just such methods... https://terb.cc/vbulletin/showthread.php?312883-just-curious&highlight=knock



He also asked later about where to buy small quantities of precursor chemicals to date rape drugs (to "clean his wheels") and where to buy wicks and fuel for lab burners to "distill perfume"!


These kind of posts really scare me, as do those from the banned GotGusto guy who fantasized about sex with the still warm corpses of young women after car accidents

wow... Funny but shouldnt make a joke like that in this situation

 

[TVA]

rub is right! they got the wrong guy Wahahahah!

 

[rt-24]

http://www.facebook.com/people/Brian-Dickson/48906868

i'm assuming this is the guy, matches the description and lists york university

 

[Carling]

http://www.facebook.com/people/Brian-Dickson/48906868

i'm assuming this is the guy, matches the description and lists york university

not to be a prick..but are you sure it's the right guy?..i have a common name, and would hate to have someone put up my picture in realtion to a crime i didn't commit ...

 

[fuji]

2) The murder victim's father reaction-don't want to sound cold and insensitive but as a Chinese Communist Party official he said, “But we were praying for the possibility that the victim was a different person with the same name ... soon we found that we could no longer reach my daughter. Then the Canadian police made it quite clear that it was indeed my daughter.”

Didn't it sound contradictory??

Why is it contradictory? I would assume he's Buddhist.

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

http://storage.canoe.ca/v1/dynamic_...97161696572_ORIGINAL.jpg?quality=80&size=650x

Allegedly him:

The man accused of the first degree murder of York University student Qian Liu made a brief appearance in a North York bail court Thursday morning and was remanded in custody until April 26.

Brian Dickson, 29, dressed in a white button down shirt and jeans, showed little emotion.

Liu, 23, was found dead in her basement apartment Friday. At 11:01 a.m., police responded to an unknown trouble call at 27 Aldwinckle Heights.

A cause of death has yet to be determined

 

[rt-24]

not to be a prick..but are you sure it's the right guy?..i have a common name, and would hate to have someone put up my picture in realtion to a crime i didn't commit ...

your comment is valid, you're not being a prick.... i'm not sure it's the right guy, thats why i said "assuming". i hesitated about posting it, but thought why worry about protecting the alleged accused. based on another person's post, it looks like it might be him.


..well www.torontosun.com has the same picture on their site as the guy in the facebook profile

 

[Carling]

your comment is valid, you're not being a prick.... i'm not sure it's the right guy, thats why i said "assuming". i hesitated about posting it, but thought why worry about protecting the alleged accused. based on another person's post, it looks like it might be him.

y'know what's scary...i went on that FB page, and i found out the dude is mutual friends with some cute asian girls i know....
if it's him, what a fuckin creep

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

I wonder what led up to the killing

 

[JustSex]

I wonder what led up to the killing

If the guy was charged with manslaughter, I would have guessed he accidentally asphyxiated her as he was trying to rape her then panicked. If the charge is 1st degree murder, it implies to me that he went to her place with the intention of killing her.