105 The Murder of Liu Qian

<p>Sometime after midnight in 2011, 23 year old York University student Liu Qian was chatting to an old friend via webcam as she studied in her tiny basement dorm room in Toronto.</p><br><p>But there was a knock at her door—and her friend on the other side of the computer screen would be the only witness to the terror that would unfold.</p><br><p><strong>Further information:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/04/26/we_will_never_recover_from_this_awful_tragedy.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Open Letter, Artworks and Photos of Liu Qian from her father Liu Jianhui</a>, translated by Professor Charles Burton and published by the Toronto Star</p><br><p><a href="https://www.macleans.ca/education/university/canadian-universities-are-failing-students-on-sexual-assault/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Canadian Universities are Failing Students on Sexual Assault</a>, by Zane Schwartz, published in Macleans 2018</p><br><p><strong>Thanks for supporting our sponsors!</strong></p><p><a href="https://canadiantruecrime.ca/sponsors" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">See the special offer codes here</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Ad-free episodes:</strong></p><p>All episodes, ad-free and often early on<a href="https://canadiantruecrime.ca/support" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Patreon and Supercast</a>.</p><br><p><strong>Credits:</strong></p><p>Research: Gemma Harris</p><p>Additional research and writing: Kristi Lee</p><p>Audio editing and production: We Talk of Dreams&nbsp;</p><p>Disclaimer voiced by the host of True</p><br><p><strong>All credits and information sources</strong> can be found on the page for this episode at<a href="http://www.canadiantruecrime.ca/episodes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> canadiantruecrime.ca/episodes</a>.</p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and