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Toronto Serial Killer Staged Victims\u2019 Bodies to Photograph Them, Was in the Process of Killing a Man When Police Knocked<\/b><\/p>\n

Bruce McArthur \/ Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

WARNING: This story includes some graphic details some readers may find upsetting<\/h4>\n

The monster who last week pleaded guilty to eight counts of first-degree murder for the killings of men<\/a> he targeted in Toronto\u2019s gay<\/a> village, appeared at day one of his sentencing hearing on Monday.<\/p>\n

The Court heard gruesome details about Bruce McArthur\u2019s strategy in targeting his victims, and what he did to the victims\u2019 bodies.<\/p>\n

McArthur was charged for the murders of Majeed Kayhan, Soroush Mahmudi, Dean Lisowick, Selim Esen, Andrew Kinsman, Skandaraj (Skanda) Navaratnam, Kirushnakumar Kanagaratnam and Abdulbasir Faizi, whose names were read aloud by crown prosecutor Michael Cantlon.<\/p>\n

The Guardian<\/em> reports<\/a>: \u2018The court heard that McArthur staged photographs of his victims\u2019 corpses, posing the bodies in a fur coat and black leather hat, and \u2013 in two cases \u2013 with a cigar between their lips. Cantlon described the extensive collection of photographs McArthur kept of his victims \u2013 many of them taken while they were alive. McArthur also shaved and stored the facial hair from his victims, Cantlon said.\u2019<\/p>\n

McArthur was in the middle of a ninth murder when police knocked on his door, The Independent<\/em> reports<\/a>: \u2018Police, who had been monitoring the 67-year-old landscape gardener as a potential suspect, moved in for fears another murder was about to take place. When they arrived, they found McArthur had chained the man<\/a> \u2013 identified in court only as John \u2013 to a four-poster bed and placed a black bag over his head. He was taping his victim\u2019s mouth shut at the moment police knocked.\u2019<\/p>\n

Victims\u2019 families and friends also read statements, remembering their lost loved ones.<\/p>\n

Watch a report from CBC:<\/p>\n

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Toronto police have been blasted for neglect in pursuing the disappearances of men<\/a> for years in the gay<\/a> village, and for how they dealt with McArthur whom they had come into contact with several times.<\/p>\n

The Globe and Mail<\/em> reports<\/a>: \u201cPolice interviewed Mr. McArthur twice in the years before his arrest in January, 2018. In addition to the 2016 interview, officers talked to him in 2013, after police were told Mr. McArthur had a romantic relationship with Skandaraj Navaratnam, the first man<\/a> to go missing, and that he had visited his third victim, Majeed Kayhan, before his disappearance. An internal review into the way the 2016 incident was handled was ordered later.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sergeant Paul Gauthier will be charged with insubordination and neglect of duty on Tuesday morning, the Globe and Mail<\/em> adds<\/a>: \u201cSgt. Gauthier\u2019s lawyer, Lawrence Gridin, said the charge is connected to an incident in 2016. The Globe has previously reported that in 2016, Mr. McArthur was interviewed by police after a man<\/a> said Mr. McArthur choked him during sex<\/a>. No criminal charges were laid at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gauthier\u2019s lawyer released a statement on Friday night: \u201cThe decision not to charge Bruce McArthur for the 2016 incident was made in conjunction with Detective Gauthier\u2019s supervisor and based on the information available at the time. Det. Gauthier conducted a proper investigation and fully documented the arrest of McArthur so that the information was available to all other investigators. McArthur\u2019s monstrous nature was difficult to uncover because he led a life of extreme deception, not because of anything to do with the 2016 arrest. Det. Gauthier has great sympathy for the victims and the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

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