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http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/news/local/article/126150--york-university-student-s-death-deemed-a-homicide
The death of a 23-year-old York University student is now being treated as a homicide and a man is in custody charged with her murder, police announced at a brief press conference Wednesday.
Qian Liu was found dead in a basement apartment near York University on April 15. She had apparently been chatting with her boyfriend in China via webcam hours before her body was found. The boyfriend told police he saw Liu struggle with another man before Liu’s computer was shut off.
An autopsy proved inconclusive but toxicology results are still pending.
"It has been deemed a homicide," said Homicide Insp. Edward Boyd.
Police have charged Brian Dickson, 29, of Toronto, with first-degree murder.
Dickson will make a court appearance on Thursday at 10 a.m.
Liu had moved to Toronto from China in September to attend York. Her family arrived in Toronto from Beijing on Wednesday, unaware that murder charges were laid.
Earlier Wednesday police released a new photo of Liu (above), and a poster of items believed to be missing from her room. (see below)
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