Police nab ex-boyfriend in Canadian body parts case

OTTAWA—The estranged boyfriend of a Chinese-Canadian woman whose body parts were discovered scattered throughout Toronto has been charged in her killing, police said Monday.

Chun Qi Jiang, 40, a construction worker who moved to Canada in 2002, was arrested in Toronto on Sunday and charged with murder.

Peel regional police Inspector George Koekkoek told a press conference the victim, Guang Hua Liu, 41, had been dating Jiang.

“They were boyfriend and girlfriend,” Koekkoek said, describing the killing as a “domestic homicide.” It was not clear when the couple broke up.

Mid-month police recovered an arm, thigh and two calves from a creek in an eastside suburb of Toronto, as well as a foot, two hands and a head belonging to the victim from a park west of the city.

Hikers had stumbled upon a foot floating in the Credit River, triggering a massive search by police divers and sniffer dogs. A passerby, meanwhile, alerted police when he spotted an arm and leg in a creek on the east side of Canada’s largest city.

Locating Liu’s remaining body parts is part of the ongoing investigation, said Koekkoek. A forensic examination has also not yet determined the cause of death.

The dismemberment case is the third involving Chinese immigrants or visitors to Canada in recent years.

Chinese immigrant Vince Weiguang was committed to a mental hospital after beheading and cannibalizing a Canadian bus passenger in front of horrified travelers four years ago.

“Canadian Psycho” Luka Rocco Magnotta, a male ex-porn actor, meanwhile faces charges of killing a Chinese student with an ice pick in Montreal in May.

He is accused of carving up the victim’s body, sexually abusing the corpse and filming the act, before posting a video of the killing online.