Jennifer also requested permission from her parents to stay near the campus with a friend throughout the week.[1] She was actually staying with her boyfriend,[4] Daniel Chi-Kwong Wong,[note 3][7] whom she had met in high school.[4][8] He was of mixed Chinese and Filipino ancestry,[8][9] resided in Ajax,[10] and worked at a Boston Pizza restaurant.[11] Wong, once a student at Mary Ward, transferred to Cardinal Carter Academy in North York, Toronto, due to low grades, and later studied at York University.[4] He was an active marijuana dealer.[4][12]