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Between the late hours of the 19th and the early hours of the next day, Cecilia was abducted from her home on Whitehorn Crescent.
Oct. 20, some time before 8 a.m.
Call to Zhang household traced to a pay booth on the property of the Country Market on the east side of Winston Churchill Boulevard north of Steeles Avenue West.
Oct. 20, 2003: Peel Regional Police launch a search and issue a provincewide alert after Cecilia's parents, Raymond Zhang and Sherry Xu, discover their daughter disappeared overnight from the family's Brampton home, northwest of Toronto. Kidnapping is immediately suspected. An intruder is believed to have gained access to the house through a newly broken window at the back. Shortly before police are alerted, the parents receive two phone calls from Brampton pay phones, but the callers say nothing.
Oct. 21: Sources told The Globe that police suspect an abduction for money.
Oct. 22: With hundreds of officers assigned to the case, including 50 detectives, a $1,000 reward for information is posted. A vigil is held at Cecilia's school.
Oct. 22: With hundreds of officers assigned to the case, including 50 detecives, a $1,000 reward for information is posted. A vigil is held at Cecilia's school.
Oct. 24: Police conclude their door-to-door canvass, switching their focus to the more than 600 tips that have poured in. Cecilia's parents hold an emotional news conference, pleading with the kidnappers to free their child unharmed.
Oct. 26: The Zhangs launch a website, again appealing to the abductors. A Help Cecilia fund reaches $15,000 and grows rapidly.
Oct. 27: Toronto Police announce their own $50,000 reward for information leading to a breakthrough in the case. Posters in English, Cantonese and Mandarin are distributed.
Oct: 28: As the investigation gains international interest, a television crew from America's Most Wanted tapes a show at the Zhangs' home. The first broadcast is aired Nov. 1.
Oct. 29: Toronto Police Chief Julian Fantino urges the kidnappers to call him directly.
Jan. 21, 2004: The Zhangs offer to sell their home and pay $200,000 to anyone - including the kidnappers - who returns their daughter safely.
March 27: A hiker in a wooded area of Mississauga, west of Toronto, discovers a child's remains.
March 28: Police confirm the body is Cecilia's. The Peel-Toronto police search becomes a murder investigation.
March 31: Police wrap up their examination of the crime scene.
April 1: Led by Peel Police Inspector Frank Roselli, a task force is created. Inquiries are dispatched to police in mainland China.
April 3: Almost 3,000 people pack a north Toronto church for a memorial service where Mr. Zhang tells mourners Cecilia was "everyone's daughter," and voices confidence her killer will be found.
April 6: A music scholarship is set up in Cecilia's name.
April 11: Insp. Roselli calls the murder "an absolutely solvable crime."
June 12: The America's Most Wanted television clip is screened for a second time.
July 22: Peel Police announce that a suspect has been arrested and a charge of first-degree murder laid.
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Between the late hours of the 19th and the early hours of the next day, Cecilia was abducted from her home on Whitehorn Crescent.
Oct. 20, some time before 8 a.m.
Call to Zhang household traced to a pay booth on the property of the Country Market on the east side of Winston Churchill Boulevard north of Steeles Avenue West.
Oct. 20, 2003: Peel Regional Police launch a search and issue a provincewide alert after Cecilia's parents, Raymond Zhang and Sherry Xu, discover their daughter disappeared overnight from the family's Brampton home, northwest of Toronto. Kidnapping is immediately suspected. An intruder is believed to have gained access to the house through a newly broken window at the back. Shortly before police are alerted, the parents receive two phone calls from Brampton pay phones, but the callers say nothing.
Oct. 21: Sources told The Globe that police suspect an abduction for money.
Oct. 22: With hundreds of officers assigned to the case, including 50 detectives, a $1,000 reward for information is posted. A vigil is held at Cecilia's school.
Oct. 22: With hundreds of officers assigned to the case, including 50 detecives, a $1,000 reward for information is posted. A vigil is held at Cecilia's school.
Oct. 24: Police conclude their door-to-door canvass, switching their focus to the more than 600 tips that have poured in. Cecilia's parents hold an emotional news conference, pleading with the kidnappers to free their child unharmed.
Oct. 26: The Zhangs launch a website, again appealing to the abductors. A Help Cecilia fund reaches $15,000 and grows rapidly.
Oct. 27: Toronto Police announce their own $50,000 reward for information leading to a breakthrough in the case. Posters in English, Cantonese and Mandarin are distributed.
Oct: 28: As the investigation gains international interest, a television crew from America's Most Wanted tapes a show at the Zhangs' home. The first broadcast is aired Nov. 1.
Oct. 29: Toronto Police Chief Julian Fantino urges the kidnappers to call him directly.
Jan. 21, 2004: The Zhangs offer to sell their home and pay $200,000 to anyone - including the kidnappers - who returns their daughter safely.
March 27: A hiker in a wooded area of Mississauga, west of Toronto, discovers a child's remains.
March 28: Police confirm the body is Cecilia's. The Peel-Toronto police search becomes a murder investigation.
March 31: Police wrap up their examination of the crime scene.
April 1: Led by Peel Police Inspector Frank Roselli, a task force is created. Inquiries are dispatched to police in mainland China.
April 3: Almost 3,000 people pack a north Toronto church for a memorial service where Mr. Zhang tells mourners Cecilia was "everyone's daughter," and voices confidence her killer will be found.
April 6: A music scholarship is set up in Cecilia's name.
April 11: Insp. Roselli calls the murder "an absolutely solvable crime."
June 12: The America's Most Wanted television clip is screened for a second time.
July 22: Peel Police announce that a suspect has been arrested and a charge of first-degree murder laid.
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