Chinese search engine Baidu has apologized after one of its news editors logged into the account of a man whose daughter died in a recent kidnapping to post a eulogy.

In a statement Saturday, Baidu said the editor from its news aggregation platform who posted a message earlier that day as a tribute to 9-year-old Zhang Zixin had been fired, adding that the company was “ashamed … for hurting the feelings of Zixin’s family members.” The editor had used the verified account of the girl’s father, Zhang Jun, on the platform’s news aggregation site to post the message without the family’s knowledge or consent.

Zixin had been missing since July 7, when her family lost contact with a couple that had asked to take the girl on a trip to Shanghai. On Sunday, authorities announced that the girl’s body had been found on Saturday afternoon off the coast of the eastern Zhejiang province, with a preliminary investigation suggesting she was forcibly drowned.

The couple — who were themselves found drowned in Zhejiang on July 8 in an apparent double suicide — have been identified as major suspects in the case, according to police. (Image: IC/The Paper)