Xiao Feng Lu, 6 months - April 30, 2014 - Brossard, Quebec
- Terynn Boulton
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Jian Ping Li, 42, and her 6-month-old son, Xiao Feng Lu, were reported missing in the early afternoon of April 30, 2014.
Hong Hui Lu says he last saw his wife and youngest child at 9:40 am in the family home, on Sabourin Crescent, when he left for work. When he returned home at 2:30 pm, they were both gone. The RCMP website, Canada's Missing, says that the back door was unlocked and Jian Ping Li's car was still at the residence, however she left without her purse, wallet, credit card, cell phone, money, as well as the diaper bag, the stroller and the car seat for the baby.
Hong Hui says he reported them missing immediately. Police say Jian Ping either left on foot or was picked up and taken.
In the hours after the mother and son were reported missing, police called Jian Ping’s relatives and friends, interviewed neighbours and nearby businesses and searched the city.
On May 1, 2014, in a CTV News article. Longeuil police representative Marc David said, “We've verified the hospitals, motels, hotels, taxi services, transport services in the area. We've gone to the local stores to verify the security videos to see if she's gone into one of these stores. So far it's not conclusive, we haven't found her." The same article reported that Jian Ping was not considered depressed or suicidal.
On Friday, May 2, 2014 investigators searched the surrounding area by helicopter. The canine unit was brought in to search the area as well. They checked the shores of the a nearby river to see if her body had washed up. Police had also been speaking with Jian Ping’s neighbours and former colleagues.
Jian Ping Li was a computer programmer at the Montreal-based software company Z-wave, where she was known as Maggie. She was on maternity leave at the time of her disappearance.
She grew up in Luoyang, in China’s Hunan province, the youngest child of five. She was incredibly intelligent and started university when was 16 years old. She met her husband, Hong Hui Lu, at the university where they both were teaching. The couple moved to Montreal, Quebec after the birth of their first child, a boy. They lived with Jian Ping’s brother, Sanjun Li, for a year before moving into their own home. At the time of her disappearance, Ping Li was an active member of Montreal Chinese Alliance Grace Church. Her first born son was 9 years old, and she and her husband also had a 4 year old, when she and her infant child disappeared.
On Wednesday, May 7, 2014, Longueil police set up a command post with a trailer at the corner of Sabourin Crescent and Stravinski Avenue in Brossard, near the family home. The command post was open from 7 am to 7 pm, inviting residents to speak with officers. Several officers also went door to door, and handed out flyers with a photo and a description of Jian Ping Li.
At the time of her disappearance Jian Ping Li was 5 feet tall and has black hair and brown eyes. She is Chinese and speaks English, French, and Mandarin. She wore glasses and may have been wearing a long back coat and yellow running shoes. Her son, Xiao Feng Lu, was 6 months old and has black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing blue one-piece pajamas. Xiao Feng was born on November 1, 2013.
The community organization Sun Youth offered a $5000 reward for any information on their whereabouts. In an article in The Gazette dated January 13, 2017, the reward offered by Sun Youth was said to now be $20,000, one of the largest rewards for any missing person in Canada.
Jian Ping Li had been living in her home on the quiet suburban street of Sabourin Crescent in Brossard, Quebec, for six years when she went missing, with her baby, on April 30, 2014. Yet, according to an article in The Gazette from May 8, 2014, several of her neighbours said they never spoke to her or even saw her walking around the neighbourhood. There were some neighbours, however, that saw her regularly. One of them was Michel Bourassa who lived three doors away. He said, “I saw her regularly. She would leave her house either in her car, or with the stroller. She looked well.” He also reported that he often saw her with another Chinese women he thought may have been her mother or an older relative.
In an article by The Gazette on July 5, 2014, it was reported that police had no leads and no suspects in the disappearance of Jian Ping Li and her 6-month-old son, Xiao Feng Lu.
Sanjun Li described his sister as a kind soul who liked to exercise, spend time with family and go to church. He said that their disappearance of Jian Ping and Xiao Feng was especially difficult for his parents who were 85 years old and still lived in China. Jian Ping’s other brother and sister who lived in Toronto, had been staying in Montreal, helping out with the family, and waiting for news from the police. Sanjun is quoted as saying, “We can’t do anything. We’re just waiting for police. We’re helpless. There were two people alive, and we still hope we’ll see them alive.”
This same article reports that in June of 2014, Longeuil Police dug up the backyard of the family home on Sabourin Crescent. Constable Jean-Pierre Voutsinos said Longeuil Police had enlisted the help of an RCMP Asian Crime Specialist, and had widened the search. The Missing Children’s Network had also been helping with the investigation.
On April 27, 2015 police released a YouTube video aimed at the Chinese community in the hopes of obtaining new leads.
On January 12, 2017, police announced they were relaunching the investigation into the disappearance of mother and son. Police set up another command post in the same location, at the corner of Sabourin Crescent and Stravinski Avenue, hoping to solicit more info from the public, saying they were hopeful to obtain some clues in the disappearance of Jian Ping and Xiao Feng.
By January 13, 2017, The Gazette reported that Jian Ping Li’s husband, Hong Hui Lu, had agreed to take a lie detector test. However, Constable Voutsinos said that someone “in his entourage” had refused to take one. The French-language news network reported that this someone was Hong Hui’s girlfriend.
By January 28, 2017, The Gazette reported that on Friday, January 27, 2017 a search was conducted inside the family home and in the yard, based on information gathered since January 12 and 13, combined with information already known to police. Longeuil police searched with a canine unit from the Ontario Provincial Police. This canine unit was specialized in finding dead bodies. Longeuil Police reported that they did not plan to comment on the results of the search for Jian Ping Li and 6-month-old, Xiao Feng Lu.
Jian Ping Li and her son, Xiao Feng Lu remain missing.
If you have information on this case, please contact any of the following:
Service de police de Longueuil 450-463-7211Reference Case#: LGM-140430-081
Crime Stoppers: 1-800-222-TIPS(8477) or online at https://www.canadiancrimestoppers.org/submit-a-tip/submit-a-tipCrime Stoppers provides anonymous tipping
Send email to the National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains at: canadasmissing-disparuscanada@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
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