A former landscaper pleaded guilty to eight counts of first-degree murder Tuesday, admitting to killing a number of men on the fringes of Toronto…
A former landscaper pleaded guilty to eight counts of first-degree murder Tuesday, admitting to killing a number of men on the fringes of Toronto society and desecrating their bodies.
Bruce McArthur admitted to killing eight men in the Toronto area over a period of seven years, selecting victims who were alienated from society and of Middle Eastern and South Asian descent, according to The Associated Press .
Police found in 2017 the remains of seven of McArthur’s alleged victims. Authorities discovered the bodies, some of which had been dismembered, in large planter pots at a residence where McArthur had provided landscaping services. Authorities later found the body parts of McArthur’s last alleged victim, Andrew Kinsman.
Prior to Kinsman’s disappearance, police had discovered no leads pointing them to McArthur as a suspect in the disappearances of men in Toronto’s Gay Village. Among those missing, and who authorities later determined had been murdered, were a closeted Muslim, a drug-addicted immigrant and a homeless man.
