October 25, 2003

The long and difficult search for missing 9-year-old Cecilia Zhang is now in its sixth agonizing day. Zhang was apparently abducted right from the bed where she slept last Monday in her Whitehorn Crescent home, and her mother and father have been sleepless and sick with worry ever since. On Friday, they worked through their grief and delivered a heartbreaking public plea for their daughter’s return. But now they’re back to waiting out the hardest moments of their lives as police continue to follow up on more than 700 tips that may or may not bring Cecilia back home.

However, there is hope. Since Sherry Xu and Raymond Chang emptied their hearts, Cecilia hotline (416-808-8390) has been ringing off the hook. If you know anything that can help police, they urge you to call the number immediately.

As for who took Cecilia, officers have ruled out a random abduction by a sexual predator. Their probe seems to be focusing on a possible kidnap for random. They are in a “new phase” of the hunt, meaning they’ve called off their door-to-door search of the area surrounding the Zhang family home, because their all-out efforts in that direction hadn’t yielded any results. But Sergeant Jim Muscat assures the stoppage doesn’t mean authorities are giving up on their search for Cecilia. He notes that if new evidence arises, they could begin all over again.

A Trust Fund has been set up to help the Zhang family:

HELP RETURN CECILIA TRUST FUND

TD Bank Account # 5204297

Transit # 1282

October 25, 2003
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks Mikie for your help !