There have been a few answers found in the case of Qian Liu, the 23-year-old York University student who was killed early in the morning on Friday, April 15. But although a man has been charged and arrested for the homicide, there are still lots of questions.
Qian Liu was speaking to her boyfriend in China from her Toronto apartment at about 1:30 a.m. Friday morning. After hearing a knock on the door, Liu answered it to find a man who entered her apartment. Liu’s boyfriend told police that the man wanted a hug from Liu and when she refused, he became violent. An argument started and the man became very aggressive with Liu, before disconnecting the webcam. That was the last time anyone saw Liu alive; her body was found naked from the waist down in her apartment on Friday.
The accused man’s name is Brian Dickson, a 29-year-old that friends say used to live with Liu before she suddenly moved out and into her own apartment. Dickson may also be the man that police had in for questioning early in the investigation before letting him go so that they could verify his alibi; but police won’t say whether or not its’ the same man. The police have also ordered that no photos be distributed of Dickson, as this could place their investigation at risk. They have stated that the allegations that Dickson stalked Liu online before murdering her are completely false, and that it doesn’t appear as though any criminal stalking was going on. Police also wanted to stress that the picture that’s being distributed now in Chinese-speaking chat rooms, claiming to be the suspect, also has nothing to do with their case.
The head investigator of the homicide squad that the new “team approach” they use to deal with homicide cases helped lead investigators to Dickson very quickly. This new approach allows a team of investigators to work on one case, not just two. Because of that, a suspect can be questioned five times compared to the two times that it used to be.
Man Charged with Killing York University Student
There have been a few answers found in the case of Qian Liu, the 23-year-old York University student who was killed early in the morning on Friday, April 15. But although a man has been charged and arrested for the homicide, there are still lots of questions.
Qian Liu was speaking to her boyfriend in China from her Toronto apartment at about 1:30 a.m. Friday morning. After hearing a knock on the door, Liu answered it to find a man who entered her apartment. Liu’s boyfriend told police that the man wanted a hug from Liu and when she refused, he became violent. An argument started and the man became very aggressive with Liu, before disconnecting the webcam. That was the last time anyone saw Liu alive; her body was found naked from the waist down in her apartment on Friday.
The accused man’s name is Brian Dickson, a 29-year-old that friends say used to live with Liu before she suddenly moved out and into her own apartment. Dickson may also be the man that police had in for questioning early in the investigation before letting him go so that they could verify his alibi; but police won’t say whether or not its’ the same man. The police have also ordered that no photos be distributed of Dickson, as this could place their investigation at risk. They have stated that the allegations that Dickson stalked Liu online before murdering her are completely false, and that it doesn’t appear as though any criminal stalking was going on. Police also wanted to stress that the picture that’s being distributed now in Chinese-speaking chat rooms, claiming to be the suspect, also has nothing to do with their case.
The head investigator of the homicide squad that the new “team approach” they use to deal with homicide cases helped lead investigators to Dickson very quickly. This new approach allows a team of investigators to work on one case, not just two. Because of that, a suspect can be questioned five times compared to the two times that it used to be.