Toronto police identify remains found in floating suitcase

Human remains found in a suitcase floating in Lake Ontario near Toronto this week belonged to a single mother who went missing early last month and whose body parts had been scattered throughout the city, police confirmed on Thursday.

Toronto police said a postmortem examination identified the remains as those of Guang Hua Liu, a 41-year-old former spa owner and mother of three.

The suitcase was discovered floating in the lake by boaters on Wednesday. Local media said it contained a human torso.

Liu was reported missing in early August. Hikers saw her foot floating in a river just west of Toronto a few days later. Police then found her head and two hands elsewhere.

A subsequent search unearthed more of Guang’s body parts in the suburb of Scarborough, in the city’s east end.

Chunqi Jiang, a construction worker and recently estranged boyfriend of the victim, was arrested last week and charged with second-degree murder.