Bruce McArthur: Canada serial killer, pleads guilty to 8 counts of [27], According to CP24, the officers had a search warrant for the apartment, obtained after gaining blood evidence from McArthur's van. Unfortunately, for the eight victims a decade later, that psychologist's prediction was dead wrong. Those sad, tormenting secrets are now locked somewhere inside the black void that is McArthur. He was a suck-up, an unapologetic teacher's pet, a tattletale. The man was shaken but not injured. [145] A friend who saw Navaratnam the day before said he was excited about having a dog;[146] he left this pet behind at the bar when he disappeared. The man outed him (McArthur) to his family, to friends, and that gave him kind of this really high level of resentment toward the gay community that may or may not have contributed to what he did, Day said. [259], On March 10, Wong-Tam's website announced that the event would be postponed to address concerns, admitting that the event had sparked unnecessary division at a historic moment for the community. Daniel Lerner, a Toronto defence lawyer and former Crown prosecutor, suggested that the Crown should consider severing the charges. His 2002 Nissan Sentra was found abandoned on Moore Avenue,[145][41] steps away from the Beltline Trail, a small ravine which is a popular cruising spot for gay men. [151] Nicki Ward, a director of the Church-Wellesley Neighbourhood Association, asked, "Why weren't we listened to earlier? He was not to purchase, possess or consume drugs without a medical prescription, and specifically not to possess poppers. [7] In addition to raising McArthur and his sister, his parents fostered troubled children from Toronto, often with six to ten in their care at any given time, and had a good reputation in the area according to a family friend. The victim called 9-1-1 after he escaped while McArthur went to the police and said the incident was consensual. Details of Bruce McArthur's life up until he was arrested have come slowly into focus, painting a picture of a man who maintained close ties with his family and was a fixture in Toronto's Gay Village. [18] Kayhan's remains were found in a ravine behind the Leaside property, the eighth set to be identified. Detective questioned about motive of serial killer Bruce McArthur Court documents from the time of his sentencing in 2003 show him living in a high-rise apartment on Don Mills Road in Thorncliffe Park, a 10-minute drive away from the apartment on Thorncliffe Drive he was living in at the time of his arrest. [13] In October 2018, homicide detective David Dickinson said that they had not yet found any links between McArthur and the cold cases. [85] Police initially described Esen as a man of no fixed address who often pulled a wheeled suitcase.