A teen is dealing with firearms charges and two others are dealing with fraud charges, after police allege they had been in possession of property belonging to a lacking Markham woman whose stays had been present in Parry Sound, Ont., earlier this month.
At a information convention on Thursday, York Regional Police stated Yuk-Ying (Anita) Mui’s physique has been recognized after it was discovered on Aug. 12.
Police stated they imagine Mui was murdered.
The 56-year-old’s household reported her lacking on Aug. 9, and her white 2024 Mercedes-Benz GLE450 SUV was later discovered within the space of Finch Avenue E. and Warden Avenue in Toronto, police stated in a information launch Thursday morning.
Then on Aug. 12, officers reported that burned human stays had been discovered within the space of Avro Arrow Street and Freeway 400 in McDougall Township, about 230 kilometres north of Toronto.
The Workplace of the Chief Coroner positively recognized the deceased as Mui on Wednesday, police stated.
A 17-year-old boy from Whitby has been charged with a number of firearms charges, together with unauthorized possession of a restricted weapon, and possession of a weapon for harmful function.
He additionally faces two charges of possessing property obtained by crime.
All three youngsters, together with one other 17-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy, each from Toronto, have been charged with fraud beneath $5,000.
Police stated they imagine the youngsters used Mui’s bank cards at a number of areas within the GTA after her disappearance.
“All three younger offenders are individuals of curiosity on this murder investigation, however their precise involvement as to what they did … is being investigated,” Det.-Sgt. Dave Gill stated throughout a information convention on Thursday.
Two of the youngsters are out on bail, whereas a 3rd stays in custody, with a bail listening to anticipated within the subsequent week, police stated.
Police say they’re on the lookout for a white 2019 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter cargo van. They stated they imagine Mui was transported in the same car.
Anybody who might have seen the van or has surveillance video from Parry Sound or the realm of 3821 Vandorf Sideroad in Whitchurch-Stouffville, between Aug. 9 and Aug. 12, is requested to contact investigators.
Police additionally say they imagine this was a focused incident.
