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WORLD NEWS Friday 9 February 2018

Toronto police: remains of 6 found in serial killer probe

By ROB GILLIES gist arrived at the property
Associated Press on Thursday. The two-sto-
TORONTO (AP) — Toron- ry home sits across from
to police said Thursday a park and next to small
they've recovered the re- apartment buildings in an
mains of at least six people upscale neighborhood.
from planters on a property Idsinga said investigators
connected to alleged se- finished searching inside
rial killer Bruce McArthur. the house and the garage
Detective Sgt. Hank Idsinga and said the occupants of
said the remains, found on the home are free to return,
property McArthur used as but can't go into the back-
storage in exchange for yard.
doing the landscaping, in- Idsinga said police have
cluded some from one of thought about excavating
the five men McArthur is al- a second property else-
ready charged with killing, where, but said it might de-
Andrew Kinsman. pend on what they find in
McArthur was arrested Jan. that backyard.
18 and charged with two Investigators have not yet
counts of murder in con- released complete details,
nection with the disappear- but the 66-year-old McAr-
ances of Kinsman and Se- Forensic anthropologist professor Kathy Gruspier, center, walks with police officers at a property thur is believed to have
lim Esen, two men last seen where alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur worked, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018 in Toronto. Toronto po- met his victims cruising
in the "Gay Village" district lice say they've recovered the remains of at least 6 people from a property connected to alleged around the city in the van
of Toronto. Not long after serial killer Bruce McArthur. he used for work and on
that, he was charged with (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP) gay dating apps for older
the murders of three more Investigators are also start- the new remains were on the property to keep and large men with names
men and police said they ing to excavate part of the found. Police have set up the ground from freezing such as "SilverDaddies" and
were on a wide search lawn at the home where a large tent and heaters and a forensic anthropolo- "Bear411." q
for other possible victims.
Police expect to file more
charges.
Investigators are still work-
ing to determine who the
other alleged victims are
from the property. They
haven't determined yet if
they are the same men or
other people.
Authorities have checked
at least 30 other places
where the landscaper was
known to have worked, in-
cluding some of Toronto's
wealthiest neighborhoods.
Police have said they ex-
pect to find more remains
in the planters they've re-
trieved from around the
city. Idsinga said they have
about 15 planters now, but
he declined to say where
they are in examining them.