The woman, who asked not to be named, said she would often see McCarthur gardening or laying out plants in the driveway. McArthur's lawyer did not immediately return a call on Monday after the accused appeared briefly in court before being remanded in custody.Ī woman who lives in a lowrise apartment building beside the house where the remains were recovered said McArthur was house-sitting for the owner and was often seen gardening or laying out plants in the driveway. Police have interviewed McArthur, whom they said became a person of interest last September, but refused to comment on what he might have told them. "You've got everything scattered at your feet that you have to uncover and deal with," Idsinga said. They said they were planning to excavate at two locations "where people might be buried," but said they did not know what, if anything, they might find. Investigators were scouring properties in the city where McArthur worked as a landscaper. He's taken some steps to cover his tracks and we have to uncover these victims and identify these victims." I'd call it an unprecedented type of investigation," Idsinga said. "Obviously, the city of Toronto has never seen anything like this.
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Police had initially shut down persistent rumours that a serial killer was prowling the gay village, stressing that as recently as December, they did not know whether Esen's and Kinsman's disappearances were linked or if the men were still alive. Police had said McArthur had a long-term sexual relationship with Kinsman, but Idsinga refused to discuss what if any relationship he might have had with the other victims. "(But the investigation) certainly encompasses more than the gay community. "We know that many in the community are struggling to understand and process these developments," Idsinga said. Mahmudi and Lisowick did not fit the profile of some of the other missing men - Middle Eastern men known to frequent Toronto's gay village area. He was further charged on Monday in the deaths of two missing men - Majeed Kayhan, 58, and Soroush Mahmudi, 50 - as well as Dean Lisowick, who had never been reported missing.
18 in the presumed deaths of Selim Esen, 44, and 49-year-old Andrew Kinsman. McArthur, 66, was arrested and charged Jan. We believe there are more remains at some of these properties that we're working to recover."įorensic experts have yet to identify the remains, Idsinga said. I have no idea how many more there are going to be," Idsinga said. Hank Idsinga said officers had found dismembered skeletal remains belonging to at least three people in planter boxes at a home linked to Bruce McArthur, already charged earlier this month with killing two men who had disappeared from the city's gay village.
Investigators warned that more victims may yet be identified in what they called an unprecedented case in Canada's largest city.
TORONTO - A self-employed landscaper now facing five counts of first-degree murder dismembered some of his male victims and buried their remains at the bottom of large planter boxes, Toronto police alleged Monday, calling him a serial killer.
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