Alice Ramnit
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Which article? I didnt see it. Can you please repost?
Bradley Ramsey is missing from Toronto. Can someone please start a thread? Thank you.
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http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?346227-David-Cronkwright-54-Toronto-25-July-2017&p=13554588#post13554588So glad to see that Bradley Ramsey has been found.
David Cronkwright is now missing.
http://ontario.missing.report/david-cronkwright-toronto/
https://www.insidetoronto.com/news-...cerned-for-safety-of-missing-33-year-old-man/Here is another missing man:
http://missingpeople.ca/2017/05/missing-man-in-toronto-ontario-aron-seal-33/
He went missing from the same area. Physical description is very similar to that of the 3 men who went missing .
Police are asking for help in locating a missing man.
Police said Aron Seal, 33, is described as 5’6”, 150 lbs., thin build, short black hair and brown eyes.
He was last seen on Monday, May 1 in the Lombard Street and Church Street area.
Police are concerned for his safety.
Anyone who has seen the man or has information is asked to contact 51 Division police at 416-808-5100
Hi there, I realize this is more than four years old now but was there any resolution to this missing person case involving Saurabh Kulkarni? I can't seem to find anything online. This seems important, given the location. Age and apparent appearance are not similar, but the location Isabella / Yonge is right in the heart of the village.
Thanks
[url]http://www.torontopolice.on.ca/newsreleases/release.php?id=26751Saurabh Kulkarni, 25, was last seen on Saturday, June 8, 2013, in the Isabella Street/Yonge Street area.
He is described as having brown skin, 5'6", 130 lbs., clean-shaven and shoulder-length dark-brown hair.
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If you require more information, please contact our [/URL]Corporate Communications office at 416-808-7100, or by e-mail at corpcomm@torontopolice.on.ca.
[h=1]Are police doing enough to find missing people in Toronto’s Gay Village?[/h] [h=2]Two recent deaths in Toronto’s Gay Village—in addition to five missing-persons cases—have left the LGBTQ community frustrated
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Justin Ling
Here’s a truism: People don’t just disappear.
In the last decade, there have maybe been just a couple hundred unresolved missing persons cases in Canada. Many of those outstanding cases have implicit explanations—they had health troubles, they were suicidal, they wanted to run away—but very few remain where there is genuinely no explanation available.
But five such cases are hanging over Toronto’s Gay Village. And concern is growing that not enough is being done to investigate.
You may have heard of the details of those cases already. Skandaraj Navaratnam went missing on on Sept. 6, 2010, after walking out of a now-closed dive bar on the fringes of the Gay Village. Abdulbasir Faizi, on Dec. 29, 2010, his last bank statement shows him buying a burger in the Village after a night of bar-hopping. Majeed Kayhan was reported missing on Oct. 14, 2012, with security camera footage capturing him leaving his apartment. Selim Esen disappeared on Apr. 14, 2017, just as he was trying to get his life back on track, after completing addiction counselling. Andrew Kinsman vanished on June 26, 2017, in his neighbourhood, not far from the Village.
All five of these men were, as the cops phrased it, “known to frequent the areas of Church Street and Wellesley Street.” In other words: They were gay. Faizi was in the closet, sneaking off from his wife and kids to visit the Village, while Kinsman was openly gay, and even worked part-time at an LGBTQ campground north of the city. Most had similar builds and facial hair. All were, apart from Kinsman, non-white. (Navaratnam is Sri Lankan; Faizi and Kayhan are Afghani; Esen is Turkish.)
Beyond that, there is no firm evidence linking one disappearance to another. No evidence that one knew the other’s name. Some frequented the same bars. Some used dating applications. But little came from those leads.
The most tangible thing linking all five of these cases is this: That they vanished so suddenly, so immediately, and so completely. When five men of such similar appearance go missing from the same neighbourhood, it’s hard to ignore. It’s a hell of a coincidence.
.For many in the city’s tightly woven community, including myself—I was supposed to be at the party that Kinsman attended the night before his disappearance—these cases hit close to home
A common thread emerged, both sitting in on the town hall and in my conversation with Toronto police: The Gay Village and its environs simply has more missing persons and more unsolved murders than other parts of Toronto.
Man charged with murder in Church and Wellesley disappearances
Bruce McArthur, 66, faces two counts of first-degree murder in the disappearance of Selim Esen, 44, and Andrew Kinsman, 49. Police believe there are other victims.
Investigators have also set up a dedicated phone line — 416-808-2021 — for any tips from the public.
“At this stage, we’re most concerned with identifying other victims of Mr. McArthur,” Idsinga said.
Police said in December that they’d met with members of the local community, and warned gay dating app users to be careful before meeting people found through those apps.
By October, investigators said they’d received over 150 leads and interviewed two dozen people, but were unable to find any link between the disappearances of both men.
Bruce McArthur, 66-year-old self-employed Toronto landscaper, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder. McArthur, identified by friends, was arrested on Thursday morning. (Bruce McArthur / Facebook)