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U.S. NEWS Saturday 24 February 2018

Canadian police charge alleged killer with another murder

had a sexual relationship Police are also looking at a
with Navaratnam, who was number of missing person
last seen in 2010 leaving cases to determine if there
Zipperz, a now closed gay are connections to McAr-
bar. McArthur's Facebook thur and are running down
profile also showed he was tips that have come in from
friends with Navaratnam. around the world.
Police said they identified “There’s hundreds of out-
the remains of Marmudi standing missing persons
and Navaratnam, who was occurrences that we’re
a refugee from Sri Lanka, looking at,” Idsinga said.
through dental records. “We are tracing his where-
They believe there are mul- abouts as far back as we
tiple murder scenes, includ- can go.”
ing McArthur's apartment. The 66-year-old McArthur
Authorities have checked is believed to have met his
at least 30 other plac- victims in the Gay Village
es where McArthur was and on gay dating apps for
known to have worked, in- older and large men.
cluding some of Toronto's Edward Royle, a lawyer
wealthiest neighborhoods. for McArthur, declined to
They expect to find more comment on the case. Po-
remains in planters they've lice have interviewed some
Police vehicles are parked outside a property where they say they have recovered the remains of
at least six people from planters on the property which is connected to alleged serial killer Bruce retrieved from around the of McArthur’s past known
McArthur, in Toronto, Canada. Police charged McArthur on Friday, Feb. 23 2017, with another city and are currently in- associates, but Idsinga
murder, bringing the total to six. Detective Sgt. Hank Idsinga said the remains of three of the six vestigating about 20 con- said evidence unearthed
victims have been identified, and there could still be other charges made "I believe there will be," tainers in which plants are so far indicates he acted
Idsinga said. grown. alone.q
(AP Photo/Rob Gilles)
By ROB GILLIES neighborhood known as
TORONTO (AP) — Cana- the Gay Village. Police
dian police charged an al- identified Kinsman's re-
leged serial killer on Friday mains through fingerprints.
with another murder, bring- Not long after his arrest,
ing the total to six. McArthur was charged
Detective Sgt. Hank Idsinga with the murders of three
said the remains of three of more men: Soroush Mar-
the six victims have been mudi, Majeed Kayhan and
identified, and there could Dead Lisowick.
still be other charges made. Little is known about Mar-
"I believe there will be," Ids- mudi, a 50-year-old re-
inga said. ported missing by his fam-
The remains were found ily in 2015. Kayhan was a
at a property that alleged 58-year-old Afghan immi-
serial killer Bruce McArthur grant who was reported
used as storage for his land- missing by his son in 2012,
scaping business. and Dead Lisowick was a
McArthur was arrested on homeless prostitute in his
Jan. 18. on two counts of mid-40s.
murder in connection with The latest murder charge
the disappearances of An- involves 40-year-old Skan-
drew Kinsman, 49, and Se- da Navaratnam, who went
lim Esen, 44, who were last missing in 2010. Friends said
seen in 2017 in a Toronto McArthur employed and