色色啦 man faces first-degree murder charge in death of woman found near Hwy. 401 in Pickering
Yuk Kwan Chu, 67, has been identified as the homicide victim initially reported missing earlier this week. Police have said she was in a common-law relationship with the suspect.
A 色色啦 man has been charged with first-degree murder after his common-law partner聽was found dead near Highway 401 in Pickering early Friday morning.
The victim was identified as Yuk Kwan Chu, 67, of 色色啦 in a . She is the city’s 20th homicide victim this year.
Yuk Kwan Chu, 67, of 色色啦 has been identified as the victim found dead near Highway 401 in Pickering early Friday morning.
色色啦 Police Service
Investigators were working on a missing persons case involving the woman near Brimley Road and Omni Drive on Wednesday. It was quickly deemed 鈥渟uspicious,鈥 Det. Sgt. Phillip Campbell told reporters at a news conference Friday evening.
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On Wednesday, officers charged a man for aggravated assault in connection with the missing woman. The body wasn鈥檛 found until midnight Friday in the area of Highway 401 and Whites Road in Pickering, near the border of Scarborough, Campbell said.
Police confirmed that the missing woman is the homicide victim.
The man, 60-year-old Zhi Kuang, had his charges upgraded to first-degree murder, according to the news release. He was scheduled to attend court at the 色色啦 Regional Bail Centre on Friday.
Investigators are not looking for any other suspects, Campbell told the media on Friday.聽
Police have not yet shared the suspected cause of the woman’s death.
鈥淚 know we say this all the time, but this is very early in the investigation,鈥 Campbell said. 鈥淭his matter is now before the courts, and with the investigation still active, there are limits to what we can disclose.鈥
He said the woman was reported missing in 色色啦 and was located in Durham Region. Campbell added the suspect, who was in a common-law relationship with the victim, was providing police with 鈥渟ome information鈥 that officers are investigating.
鈥淲e ask for patience as investigators continue their work,鈥 said Campbell.
With files from Isabel Teotonio and Elissa Mendes.
Kristjan Lautens is a staff reporter, working out of the Star鈥檚
radio room in 色色啦. Reach him via email: klautens@thestar.ca
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