The extended search may be connected to the most recently announced victims. Both of the first men McArthur was charged with killing disappeared from the village. But new charges, announced Monday, cast a wider net. Those include the murder of Soroush Mahmudi – a manufacturing plant worker who once lived in Barrie with his wife, but had moved to Scarborough.
Police believe McArthur killed Mahmudi “on or about” Aug. 15, 2015, according to court documents — the last day the 50-year-old was seen alive by his home near Markham Rd. and Blakemanor Blvd.
Barrie neighbour Patsy Thorne remembered Mahmudi as kind and thoughtful. Their two units had decks side-by-side, and she recalled Mahmudi checking with her before installing a satellite dish, to make sure that it didn't block her view.
Once, when a police car was outside their unit, Mahmudi inquired to make sure Thorne was okay.
“I guess he hadn't seen me for a day or two, and he came knocking on my door,” she told the Star. The couple moved out suddenly, Thorne added, and she believes they moved to Toronto to be closer to family.