Vancouver police believe a woman who was reported missing two weeks ago disappeared under suspicious circumstances.
Su Yi Liang of Vancouver was reported missing on Jan. 10. He father reported the disappearance after she failed to pick her children up from school.
Officers were not initially able to locate Liang and the investigation has been turned over to the department’s major crimes section. Investigators are asking for the public’s help in tracing the woman’s activities before she went missing.
“Based on the information detectives uncovered over the past two weeks, officers have executed a search warrant at Ms. Liang’s East Vancouver home and taken a man into custody for questioning,” Const. Jason Doucette said in a press release. “He has since been released from custody and the investigation continues.”
Doucette said officers executed the search warrant on Monday, the same day the man was taken into custody, questioned and released witnin a day. The department's forensics investigtors were in the home until Wednesday evening.
He said the last time she was seen was Jan. 8 some time around noon.
"We're asking anyone who does recognize this woman, who may have seen her during the time frame that we're asking about, have any information about her whereabouts, her activities, please contact us," Doucette said. "If you've seen anything suspicious that now makes sense with the information we're providing you, with her vehicle, her description, call us."
Liang is Asian, 5’3” tall and weighs 120 pounds. She has black shoulder-length hair and wears glasses.
Officers located her grey 2014 electric BMW i3 on Jan. 11 at Cassiar and Charles Street near the Rupert Park pitch and putt. Investigators are hoping to speak to anyone who may have information about who may have been driving the vehicle before it was parked there.
"We are trying to figure out when the vehicle arrived at the pitch and putt, who put it there and if it played any roll whatsoever in this investigation," Doucette said.
“Although we are treating this file as a missing person’s investigation and hoping for the best, we have collected evidence that leads us to believe that we won’t find Ms. Liang alive,” he said. “We are asking anyone who may have had contact with her, or who has information about her activities leading up to January 10th, to contact our detectives.”
Investigators do not believe there is any risk to the public.
Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Ms. Liang, and her activities leading up to Jan. 10, as well as anyone who may have seen someone driving her BMW i3 until Jan. 11, is asked to contact the VPD’s Major Crime Section at 604-717-2500 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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