How they stopped the "killer gardener", the Canadian criminal who killed and put his victims in pots

Bruce McArthur, 67, a gardener by profession, was the author of eight murders – at least – of which he pleaded guilty. All of his victims belonged to the homobadual community of Toronto, Canada, where the serial killer lived. And the deadly victims of this criminal could have been nine if it was not because the police could stop him on January 18 in another possible murder.

The Toronto police have been investigating McArthur since 2017 for the disappearance of Selim Esem and Andrew Kinsman. Today, through surveillance videos, photos and DNA samples, the police accuse the gardener of up to eight murders, which the suspect himself confirmed to the head while reading the report. names of victims in court.

The prosecutor who accuses McArthr has warned that the tests presented are so disturbing that they could "affect the mental health" of the court, according to the Spanish newspaper.
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How was the arrest

Police knocked on the door of McArthur's house when he had his ninth victim tied in a bed with a pair of handcuffs and a black bag on his head, with no holes to see or breathe.

According to
BBC, the arrest of the alleged "killer gardener" had begun with a strong indication in the police investigation after the death of Andrew Kinsman – one of the victims of McArthur – l 39; ;last summer. Kinsman had the word "Bruce" in his diary, just the day of his disappearance, on June 26, 2017.

Then, a video surveillance recorded in the Kinsman district revealed the presence of a car, a Dodge Caravan red 2004, the same June 26. While searching for the owner of this vehicle, the police found five "Bruce" who owned the same Dodge, but only one of the owners had a 2004 model: Bruce McArthur.

The same vehicle was found sometime later during disbadembly. They found traces of blood and sperm that matched the DNA profiles of Kinsman and Esem.

The car, found some time later in a break, contained traces of blood and sperm, which corresponded to DNA profiles of Kinsman and Esem.

In the following months, the police monitored the gardener. The arrest rushed when they found that he had brought another potential victim to his apartment.

The last alleged victim of the gardener had identified himself as "John" and had met McArthur with a request for an appointment with homobaduals. There he had arranged a secret meeting with him.

It was at this point that the police arrived at the gardener's house and were supposed to have avoided the ninth crime.

Later, images taken on the computer of the serial killer revealed that he had shaved the head and beard of his victims after strangling them, storing bags of hair in a shed near a cemetery in Toronto.

Stay hidden in pots

During the search of McArthur's apartment, the police found a USB key containing several files, some bearing the names of the eight victims. The last one was called "John".

Later, they found the remains of several bodies hidden in pots, as well as in a nearby ravine.

The judge can sentence the badbadinated gardener to eight life sentences simultaneously. Life imprisonment in Canada is mandatory when it is a murder. And for first degree homicides, the minimum period for parole is 25 years.

The victims of McArthur, in addition to the aforementioned persons, Kinsman and Esem, were Majeed Kayhan, Soroush Mahmudi, Dean Lisowick, Skandaraj Navaratnam, Abdulbasir Faizi and Kirushnakumar Kanagaratnam.