The macabre details of the murders of Bruce McArthur, the "killer gardener" who shocks Canada

June 26, 2017 Andrew Kinsman he wrote in his diary the name Bruce. This day has disappeared. His family expressed his concern to the authorities who opened an investigation. With this trace of that name lost in a newspaper, they began searching.

They followed the movements of Andrew and they discovered a security camera that showed that the victim was riding in a car Dodge Caravan red of 2004 whose plate belonged to Bruce McArthur, 67 years old and gardener by profession.

For months, the Toronto Police started to follow closely McArthur. Unbeknownst to him, and by order of the court, they inspected his apartment. They did not find anything. It was half a year of research without a positive result.

Until the disappearance of another man, Johnhe brought them back to McArthur. John – as it is called in the Toronto Court – fits perfectly with the profile of the other victims of the serial killer in the Canadian city. On order, they knocked on the door of their property. The call saved the life of who would have been the ninth prey of the murderer.

John I had reached Toronto Five years ago. He was gay, but no one in his family knew it. He has hidden this part of his life for fear of retaliation. They met through a dating app and kept their secret link.

One night in your apartment, McArthur He said that he wanted to try "something different"He took some wives and chained him to his bed. He put a black hood on his head. A hood without holes through which I could see or breathe. When he tried to remove the bag, the serial killer has covered his mouth. At that moment, the police knocked on his door, saving his life.

By registering the house, the researchers found a USB key in which were the photographs of all his victims, each ordered in folders with their names.

Later, the researchers discovered the Dodge Caravan in a break. Inside, conclusive evidence: they found traces of blood and sperm that coincided with the DNA of Kinsman and another victim.

For years McArthur He had problems with the law, but he had always avoided convictions. In 2016, he was questioned by the police when he tried to strangle a friend in his truck. He had invited him to have casual bad at the back of the vehicle and asked him to lie on his back on a fur coat. But the victim noticed that the van was lined with plastic. Do you want to try to kill him?

McArthur He grabbed his wrist and the victim – during his testimony in court – recalled that the murderer had an expression of "anger" on his face. Then he began to strangle her with his hands. He managed to escape and called the police. He was questioned but they found no evidence other than the testimony of the man.

Police found the version that gave "credible" McArthur facts, but let slip something key: a previous arrest of the criminal in 2003 did not take place during the background searches, which would have resulted in the man in prison and the wave of murders.

The photos that he had of his victims were explicit. In some, they were naked. In others, only dressed in a hat. Some of the pictures showed their dead prey with their eyes closed, others a cigarette on their lips.

After strangling them to death, McArthur He shaved their heads and beards. His hair was carefully placed in airtight bags Ziploc He kept them in a shed near the Toronto cemetery.

McArthur, which the Canadian media has called "the killer gardener"He confessed eight homicides, they are: Majeed Kayhan, Soroush Mahmudi, Dean Lisowick, Skandaraj Navaratnam, Abdulbasir Faizi and Kirushnakumar Kanagaratnam.

The next few days will be marked by new revelations of "killer gardener", a serial criminal who moves Canada and who had a lot of Toronto weak fear