Speaking to CP24 on Wednesday, Det. Sgt. Hank Idsinga would not confirm what specific properties would be searched today but confirmed that the list of potential crimes scenes is growing.
Idsinga said that investigators recently seized a planter from a home on Balmoral Avenue in Toronto’s Deer Park neighbourhood but would not say what was inside.
Vian Ewart, a resident of Balmoral Avenue, said multiple people along the street used McArthur's landscaping services and he said would often see McArthur tending to the properties in the spring and the fall.
On Sunday, Ewart said he saw police searching the area with the assistance of the K9 unit.
“I’m sure everybody is fairly shocked,” he said. “He seemed to be a nice man.”