Man charged with murder in Toronto student webcam death

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: BBC

A man has been charged with murder over the death of a Toronto university student whose last moments were caught via webcam by her boyfriend in China.

Brian Dickson, 29, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with first-degree murder in the death of Qian Liu, 23.

Ms Liu, of Beijing, was found dead on Friday, hours after her boyfriend saw her struggle with a man who came to the door as they were chatting online.

Mr Dickson, from Toronto, is expected to appear in court on Thursday.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13152267

[Bunny]

1. How awful.

Imagine what her poor boyfriend saw.

[DCBob]

2. Thank goodness they got the SOB.

sickening and tragic. so sorry for the family and boyfriend also. I cannot imagine how they feel.

[applegrove]

5. The boyfriend called the mother in China who called the consulate in Toronto who called the cops.

Very sad.

[freshwest]

8. Nightmares forever for them. Really no words to express this.

[marasinghe]

6. + 1

[siligut]

3. Wow, made that easy for the cops

Sorry for the girl and the people who love her. Not to detract from the tragedy but this sounds like a movie device.

[applegrove]

4. The police said they didn't have a copy of the webcast. That her computer was gone and his in china

didn't save the webcast.

[freshwest]

7. Oh, man, her poor BF and family. What a waste.