Son charged with murder in British Columbia after mother's body found
Badly decomposed body of Guangdong woman who went missing in June while visiting son in British Columbia found in suitcase on island
College student Tang Yuanxi had appeared distraught as he faced reporters to plead for information on the whereabouts of his mother, who was visiting him from China and had vanished on the last day of her holiday in Canada.
Police, too, were baffled by the disappearance of Guo Lianjie, 47, who had supposedly gone out for a walk in Richmond, British Columbia, on June 7, the day she and husband Tang Jihui were to fly back to Guangdong province after their 19-day vacation.
She never returned.
Guo spoke little English, had almost no knowledge of the area and knew no one there except her son, a resident on a student visa since 2006.
Two weeks later, with no break in the case, Tang Yuanxi, 25, stood beside his father at a press conference in the Richmond marshlands. That was where Guo had gone for her fateful walk in June, according to her only child.
Carry a large placard with Guo's photo and a police hotline number, the slightly built and bookish young man, said: "I have no idea what happened to my mum. The worst thing is that we are still waiting."