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This is a sad story, and I'm sorry if I sound insensitive, but: is there anything about it which makes the subject particularly notable? Many people, unfortunately, disappear every year; many are never found. We don't need articles on all of them. What is it about this person that makes her important enough to have a Wikipedia biography? Robofish (talk) 01:40, 7 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Way does this article refer to the degree Chiang earned "from the evening division of Georgetown University ... [Law Center] in 1995" as a "law degree," rather than as a J.D. degree or Juris Doctor degree? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.192.242.220 (talk) 22:41, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Because the cited sources do not refer to it as such. One of them says "law degree", and the other doesn't mention it at all. Personally, I don't think it makes much difference, but if you want to include the less-common term (J.D.) you must cite a reliable source, and you should parenthetically explain, for the benefit of general readers, what the term means. — UncleBubba( T@C )17:13, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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While I might personally agree, matters of "death"/"killing"/"murder" etc. are often contentious and need discussion. Also, you may not have heard of the principle of felony murder, which could cover an accident that occurs during the commission of a crime. — BarrelProof (talk) 01:09, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Oppose - “Killing” has no implications of murder. Her death was ruled a homicide (which is different from murder). Simply because no charges were filed does not mean she was not killed, it simply means she wasn’t murdered (in the purely legal sense).
The forensic investigators did not rule it a homicide; the D.C. police did, in a press conference held 12 years after her disappearance. Per WP:DEATHS, "A determination of the manner of death should be made by some official authority, such as a coroner, coroner's inquest, medical examiner or similar expert person or organization". I don't believe that a police chief, who has no relevant medical expertise, meets that definition. 162 etc. (talk) 16:23, 27 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
First of all, coroners are not required to have medical training (at least in parts of the U.S., as they are elected). Medical examiners are. But don't ignore the "similar expert person". A police chief would probably fit this definition, they're trained investigators (and an "official authority"). Simply because they don't have the authority to declare someone dead or the expertise to determine an exact cause of death doesn't mean that they cannot tell a homicide apart from an accidental death or even suicide. Estar8806 (talk) 20:20, 27 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support: The available information is murky. For more than a decade the police said it was probably suicide; then they later (possibly in response to pressure from the family and a television show host) announced they had come to a different conclusion but presented no definitive evidence and filed no charges against anyone. They didn't even confirm the details of the explanation that had been reported by others. — BarrelProof (talk) 17:49, 27 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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