Police fear woman won’t be found alive
Public asked for help as whereabouts of 37-year-old Su Yi Liang unknown
The Vancouver police are calling on the public, particularly members of the local Chinese community, to come forward with any information they might have on Su Yi Liang, a 37-year-old Vancouver woman who disappeared under suspicious circumstances two weeks ago.
VPD Const. Jason Doucette said Wednesday that although the case is still being treated as a missing-persons investigation, authorities have information indicating she probably won’t be found alive.
Doucette said the public isn’t at risk.
Liang was last seen Jan. 8, but was reported missing to police by her father Jan. 10, after she failed to pick her children up from school. The VPD is asking people to come forward to help create a timeline, Doucette said.
Liang also goes by the name Zita, and she speaks Cantonese and Mandarin, but primarily Cantonese. Her car, a grey electric 2014 BMW i3, was found abandoned near the Rupert Park Pitch and Putt at 3402 Charles St. on Jan. 11. The VPD is searching surveillance video in the area.
The police are seeking any information the public might have on Liang’s whereabouts between Jan. 8 and Jan. 10.
The probe was turned over to the Vancouver police’s major crime section after officers failed to locate her. Police say a search warrant was executed at Liang’s east Vancouver home and a man was taken into custody for questioning. The man, whose name hasn’t been released, has since been released.
Investigators are asking for the public’s help in tracing Liang’s activities in the hours before she went missing.
“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,” Doucette said. “We are asking anyone who may have had contact with her, or who has information about her activities leading up to Jan. 10, to contact our detectives.”
Liang is described as Asian, five foot three and 120 pounds, with black shoulder-length hair. Police say she wore glasses.
Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Liang or her activities leading up to Jan. 10, and anyone who may have seen someone driving her BMW i3 before Jan. 11, is asked to contact the major crime section at 604-717-2500 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.