Asian Mobster "Encased In Concrete" Found In Lake Ontario

In the words of his old associates, Greater Toronto Area mobster Quang Lu was planted lotus. That refers to the Asian gangland practice of murdering someone, then dropping the body at the bottom of a deep body of water, far from the light of day. Lu, 47 — his nicknames included The Black Ghost and The Bad Luck Guy — was found encased in concrete in a barrel by police divers on Sunday in the waters of Lake Ontario off Queens Quay E. near the foot of Jarvis St. Lu, a divorced father of two from Thornhill, went missing on Oct. 30, 2007, shortly after returning from one of his many business trips to China. His grey BMW Z4 sports car has never been found. Mr. Lu is known to police — was known to police, said Toronto police Det. Justin Vander Heyden on Tuesday. Mr. Lu does have ties to Asian organized crime. Superstitious mobsters, of whom there are many, sometimes like their victims bodies to be sealed in concrete and barrels because they believe their spirits cant get out and avenge them. After the body is placed in a barrel, concrete powder is inserted. The powder mixes with water and hardens as the body is dropped into water, sealing the body in the barrel and anchoring it under the waves. Det. Hank Idsinga of York Regional Police said he didnt know how Lu came by the nickname of The Black Ghost. Its more clear why some others in his milieu sometimes called him The Bad Luck Guy. Lu, who had no conventional means of supporting himself, was a frequent player at Casino Niagara ...

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