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Suspect detained over murder of Canadian model in Shanghai

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-07-11 15:43

Diana O'Brien, 23, a resident of Saltspring Island, British Columbia, was killed at her apartment on Sunday night. [Chinanews.com]

 

SHANGHAI -- Chinese police detained a male suspect early on Friday who allegedly murdered a young Canadian model in Shanghai earlier this week.

Chen Jun was detained in the eastern province of Anhui. The 18-year-old confessed he killed 23-year-old Diana O'Brien, a resident of Saltspring Island, British Columbia, in a robbery at the model's apartment on Sunday night, a Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau spokesman said.