A suspect in the murder of a Toronto-area real estate agent may have already fled the country.
CTV News reported that Zhixiong Marko Hu was wanted for first-degree murder in the death of Yuk-Ting (Anita) Mui, whose burned remains were found on Aug. 12 after she was reported missing three days earlier.
“We do believe that he may not be in Ontario, hence why we put out a Canada-wide warrant,” said Constable Lisa Moskaluk of the York Regional Police. “There is a belief that he has fled the country. To where, we don’t know. We are working with our Canada Border Services Agency. And that is also why we put out a Canada-wide warrant. That gives us the opportunity to alert other police services across the country as well as flag him at our borders.”
The police did not say whether Hu had any connection to Mui prior to her disappearance.
“We are still working to determine what their relationship is, how they know each other,” Moskaluk said, adding that Mui was scheduled to have a real estate related meeting on the day she went missing. “Whether that was to meet Mr. Hu or someone else, that is all pieces of the investigation that we are now working to determine.”
Police previously announced that three minors were arrested after they were discovered in possession of Mui’s property, but none of them were linked to her death.
Photo: Police mug shot of suspect Zhixiong Marko Hu
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