That's my belief. If you read KD's book he lays out his premise as to why this was initially deemed a murder-suicide.
The fact pattern is that all senior experienced homicide detectives were working on the gay serial killer Bruce McArthur file.
The rookie police looking at the BS/MS deaths had in fact wanted to deem this a murder-suicide and leaked it to the press.
In the history of murder-suicides, there has never been death by hanging.
Moreso, B/S was a bonafide genius on the same level as Einstein. If he was going to kill himself and his wife wouldn't you agree that he would use a drug?
I am not a fan of the Toronto Star and their elitest-left-leaning slant on the news - However, their Sports section is good and KD is great.
Here's how to star was set up:
Atkinson was the
Star's editor from 1899 until his death in 1948.[
citation needed] The newspaper's early opposition and criticism of the
Nazi regime[19] saw it become one of the first North American papers to be
banned in Germany.
[20]
Atkinson had a social conscience. He championed many causes that would come to be associated with the modern
welfare state:
old age pensions,
unemployment insurance, and
health care. The
Government of Canada Digital Collections website describes Atkinson as
a "radical" in the best sense of that term.... The
Star was unique among North American newspapers in its consistent, ongoing advocacy of the interests of ordinary people. The friendship of Atkinson, the publisher, with
Mackenzie King, the
prime minister, was a major influence on the development of Canadian social policy.
[21]
No country is free without a free press.
If you ever knew anyone who went through Nazi German, or the Old Soviet Union or Soviet Occupied Poland you'd understand this statement fully.
Kevin Donovan falls into that bucket and I feel that's he's earned the Order of Ontario for his high quality of journalist integrity and excellence.
