Body parts found every day during the excavation of serial cemeteries, "potted plants," say the cops

Officials dig human remains on a property connected to Bruce McArthur, an alleged serial killer in the Toronto area.

(Toronto Police)

Every day, during a two-week search of a Toronto ravine connected to an alleged serial killer, an investigator said the authorities were continually uncovering "different pieces" belonging to victims of the man – including remnants sometimes as small. a tooth.

Dét.-Sgt. Hank Idsinga made these comments Monday in an interview with the Toronto Star, while the investigation continues on the eight murders related to former landscaper Bruce McArthur. The 66-year-old man, who was also working as Santa Claus in the mall, allegedly buried his victims in flower boxes and in a ravine on a Toronto property that he frequented to go to work.

Idsinga said that the human remains were recovered included items as small as bone fragments and teeth. The investigators spent most of the year shriveling and focused on the ravine in early July.

"In the end, I am pretty confident that we have done as thorough a search as we are. "The police did not specify which of McArthur's alleged victims, the remains found in the ravine belong to. They are being analyzed.

McArthur, who is scheduled to appear again in court on July 23, is currently facing eight counts of first degree murder. The remains of all but one of the victims have been recovered, the officials said, and the killings are all connected to the Gay Village neighborhood of the city.

"Between May and June 2018, the Toronto Police Service, with the help of other GTA police services, searched 100 other properties related to the company. Bruce McArthur's landscaping. . Nothing was found, "police said in an earlier statement.

The motive for the killings, which took place between 2010 and 2017, is still unknown, officials said.