{"id":57669,"date":"2018-01-30T05:53:11","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T05:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=57669"},"modified":"2018-01-30T05:53:16","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T05:53:16","slug":"police-search-gardens-for-alleged-serial-killer-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/police-search-gardens-for-alleged-serial-killer-victims.html","title":{"rendered":"Police search gardens for alleged serial killer victims"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police search gardens for alleged serial killer victims<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Toronto police said Monday they are hunting through backyard gardens and planters across the city for possible victims of a landscaper accused of killing at least five people and suspected of more slayings.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bruce McArthur was charged Monday with first-degree murder in the deaths of three men, adding to two cases filed earlier.<\/span><\/p>\n

Toronto Det. Sgt. Hank Idsinga said at a news conference that the dismembered remains of at least three victims were found hidden in the bottom of large planters in the backyard of a Toronto home that McArthur, 66, used as storage for his landscaping business. He said the remains have not been identified.<\/span><\/p>\n

Police are searching about 30 properties where McArthur worked, Idsinga said, and he urged the man\u2019s customers to contact police.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe there are more remains at some of these properties that we are working to recover,\u201d Idsinga said. \u201cWe have seized quite a few planters from around the city and we will continue to do that. There are at least two sites that we do want to excavate where people might be buried.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

McArthur was charged earlier this month with first-degree murder in the presumed deaths of Selim Esen and Andrew Kinsman, both reported missing from Toronto\u2019s gay village area at separate times last year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Idsinga said McArthur has now also been charged in the deaths of 58-year-old Majeed Kayhan, 50-year-old Soroush Marmudi and 47-year-old Dean Lisowick.<\/span><\/p>\n

Idsinga said Lisowick was an occupant of the shelter system who had not been reported missing. Police believe he was slain between May 2016 and July 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt encompasses more than the gay community. It encompasses the City of Toronto,\u201d Idsinga said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Members of the LGBTQ community were pushing for answers last year in light of the disappearances of 44-year-old Esen and 49-year-old Kinsman. Officers investigated McArthur for months but could not make a definitive link to the disappearances until this month, police said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Idsinga has said McArthur had a sexual relationship with Kinsman.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe city of Toronto has never seen anything like this,\u201d Idsinga said. \u201cIt is unprecedented and draining. He\u2019s an alleged serial killer and he\u2019s taken some steps to cover his tracks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Peter Sgromo told The Associated Press that he had a violent sexual encounter with McArthur last April in McArthur\u2019s van after they met for drinks in Toronto\u2019s gay village. He said that he has known McArthur for more than a decade and that an ex-partner went to a support group for gay fathers with McArthur.<\/span><\/p>\n

After leaving the bar, Sgromo said they kissed before McArthur led him to the back of his empty van where they started to undress. He said McArthur grabbed his neck and twisted it violently downward.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe was seconds away from snapping it. I really thought my neck was going to be snapped the way he twisted it,\u201d Sgromo said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sgromo said he grabbed McArthur\u2019s elbow and ended the encounter. He said he never heard from McArthur again.<\/span><\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t report the incident to police, but after learning of McArthur\u2019s arrest he talked to an investigator.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m shocked but I\u2019m not surprised,\u201d Sgromo said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/01\/29\/police-search-gardens-for-alleged-serial-killer-victims\/<\/span><\/p>\n

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