Canada - Bruce McArthur- Pleads Guilty - murders of 8 men, Toronto, 2010-2017 #2

[YESorNO]

Warning: Some of the details presented in court may be disturbing to readers.


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
A fork and plate from a coffee shop were seized so police could send McArthur's DNA for testing.
11:00 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Crown now talking about the Mallory Crescent home where McArthur hid his victims' remains and worked as a landscaper. Police found homeowners to be co-operative and forthcoming.
11:01 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Police executed a search warrant at the home in January 2018. Sniffer dogs led officers to pots in the backyard, tests of which revealed portions of seven dismembered bodies.
11:02 AM - 04 Feb 2019
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[YESorNO]

Warning: Some of the details presented in court may be disturbing to readers.

Tracy Tong
@TracyTongCTV
Crown now detailing when remains of 7 men were found in large planters at 53 Mallory Cres where McArthur worked/stored landscaping equipment. Kayhan's remains were not in the planters.
11:04 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Cristina Tenaglia
@cristina_CP24
-Police seize caravan and it is sent to Centre for Forensic Sciences
-three reports—-results: blood was detected in the front, back, trunk of car, and on tissues in the vehicle. Semen found. 4 DNA samples...one to Kinsman, one to McCarthur.
11:04 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
McArthur claimed to police that he had not seen Kinsman in over a year. "This was a lie to avoid detection," Cantlon says.
11:05 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Cristina Tenaglia
@cristina_CP24

Forensic DNA from McCarthur’s van determined:
11:06 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Tracy Tong
@TracyTongCTV
Court now being shown a photo of metal bar wrapped in tape, used to tighten a rope around Kinsman's neck as seen in the photos police found. Now a photo of the bar, found hidden in McArthur's van.
11:09 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Tracy Tong
@TracyTongCTV
Photo of drawer next to McArthur's bed - inside rope, duct tape, bar.
11:10 AM - 04 Feb 2019
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[YESorNO]

Warning: Some of the details presented in court may be disturbing to readers.

Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Crown now moving on to evidence pertaining to Skandaraj Navaratnam, McArthur's first victim, killed in 2010.
11:11 AM - 04 Feb 2019


@TracyTongCTV
Skandaraj Navaratnam - came from Sri Lanka, was an activist, and worked as professor's aid at U of T. He and McArthur had relationship that began in 2000s. They were friends on Facebook.
11:11 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Navaratnam started an intimate relationship with McArthur in the mid-2000s. He had moved to Canada from Sri Lanka.
11:11 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Tracy Tong
@TracyTongCTV
McArthur killed Navaratnam on or around Sep 6 2010. Evidence: During Project Houston police interviewed McArthur because he was believed to be linked to Navaratnam and Abdulbasir Faisi
11:13 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
McArthur told police that he knew Navaratnam and socialized with him. but did not have a close relationship with him. A witness disputed this, saying they had seen the two together as far back as 1999.
11:13 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Navaratnam told the witness he and McArthur had gone to Niagara Falls together several times. McArthur had 31 pictures of him on his computer in a folder named 'Folder 03'.
11:14 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
These photographs included a missing person poster.
11:15 AM - 04 Feb 2019
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Warning: Some of the details presented in court may be disturbing to readers.

Tracy Tong
@TracyTongCTV
McArthur had 31 photos of Navaratnam on his devices. Included a missing persons poster of Navaratnam. We are being shown image of Navaratnam wearing a cowboy hat, another wearing headband, and of him sitting on bench w/ 2 dogs.
11:15 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Search of Mcarthur's bedroom turned up a bracelet with a nickname of Navaratnam's engraved on it.
11:16 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Tracy Tong
@TracyTongCTV
Now a photo of silver bracelet with "Skanda" engraved on it, found in McArthur's bedroom. Leather lacing found in McArthur's van; DNA swab linked to McArthur and Navaratnam
11:17 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Nine days before McArthur killed Esen, he emailed himself a photo of Navaratnam.
11:18 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Tracy Tong
@TracyTongCTV
We're being shown a photo of Navaratnam, standing with hands on his hips, that McArthur emailed to himself days before murdering Selim Esen
11:18 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Court now on a 20-minute break. Breaks expected every hour or so.
11:20 AM - 04 Feb 2019
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[YESorNO]

Warning: Some of the details presented in court may be disturbing to readers.

Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
McArthur has, from what I've seen, not shown any reaction to the evidence. Keeping his head up and staring straight ahead at the Crown.
11:25 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
McArthur is being escorted back into the courtroom. Crown to resume statement of facts with evidence relating to murder of Abdulbasir Faizl.
11:40 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Faizl disappeared on Dec. 29, 2010. He was seen leaving work early. Called his wife and told her he would be going out with a friend.
11:41 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Tracy Tong
@TracyTongCTV
Crown moving on to victim Abdulbasir Faisi. Dec 2010 - cousin reported Faisi missing
11:41 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Apologies, correct spelling is Faizi. His vehicle was later found outside a home he had no connection to.
11:41 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
McArthur, however, had links to the area near Mount Pleasant Cemetery where Faizi's body was found. He did landscaping work at a nearby home and knew the owners were away.
11:42 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Cristina Tenaglia
@cristina_CP24
Police needed DNA from McArthur. While police had surveillence on him, they once followed him to a Second Cup restaurant. They took McArthur’s trash to grab his DNA.
11:43 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
McArthur, however, had links to the area near Mount Pleasant Cemetery where Faizi's body was found. He did landscaping work at a nearby home and knew the owners were away.
11:42 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Cristina Tenaglia
@cristina_CP24
Police needed DNA from McArthur. While police had surveillence on him, they once followed him to a Second Cup restaurant. They took McArthur’s trash to grab his DNA.
11:43 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Homeowners returned home and found a dark stain on their carpet. McArthur told them it was Coca-Cola.
11:43 AM - 04 Feb 2019
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Warning: Some of the details presented in court may be disturbing to readers

Cristina Tenaglia
@cristina_CP24
Almost as in true ‘serial killer form’...this exact practice has taken place in other serial killer trials I’ve covered: McArthur saved to his computer ‘Missing Persons’ posters of his victims. Trophies.
11:44 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Police did not find any photos of Faizi on McArthur's electronics, a wide from a missing person poster. However, a USB drive has a subfolder named for Faizi's nickname.
11:45 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Now onto Majeed Kayhan, who McArthur killed in October 2012.
11:45 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Cristina Tenaglia
@cristina_CP24
McArthur had photos on his computer for some of his victims. Via @TracyTongCTV : There’s evidence McArthur had sub folders including one entitled "Basir" which was Faisi's nickname.
11:47 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
McArthur was interviewed in 2013 and told police he had known Kayhan since 2003, employed him for a month and they had a relationship which he later broke off.
11:47 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
64 photos of Kayhan were found on McArthur's electronics. Another photograph showed him with a fur hat and an unlit cigar. A photograph of this photograph was taken months after Kayhan died.
11:48 AM - 04 Feb 2019
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Warning: Some of the details presented in court may be disturbing to readers

Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Crown says very similar staged/posed photos of three of McArthur's other victims were found.
11:49 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
A blue garbage bin found in a ravine on the Mallory Crescent property contained a human skull and other remains of some of McArthur's victims.
11:50 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Crown notes McArthur had "extensive and private access" to Mallory Crescent property, where he worked as a landscaper.
11:52 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Now on to Soroush Mahmudi, killed by McArthur in August 2015.
11:54 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
McArthur had attempted to delete photos of Mahmudi from his devices. Photos showed his eyes taped open, a rope around his neck and an unlit cigar in his mouth. Wearing a fur coat.
11:54 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
A fur coat was found in a compartment in McArthur's van.
11:55 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Tracy Tong
@TracyTongCTV
Photos of Soroush Mahmudi were found on McArthur's devices - he had tried to delete them. Wearing a fur coat in photos, the coat was later found in McArthur's van
11:56 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
White rope found in McArthur's bedroom was similar to the rope seen in photographs of some of his victims.
11:56 AM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
DNA likely to belong to Mahmudi was found on the fur coat found in McArthur's van. This was nearly three years after his death.
11:59 AM - 04 Feb 2019
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[YESorNO]

Warning: Some of the details presented in court may be disturbing to readers.

Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Kirushna Kanagaratnam was killed by McArthur in early January, 2016.
12:00 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Kanagaratnam's disappearance was never reported to police. He was supposed to be deported and friends likely assumed he was in hiding.
12:01 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
McArthur had tried to delete photographs of Kanagaratnam from his computer. Kanagaratnam is the victim police asked the public for help identifying. Fingerprints from his remains helped lead to the ID.
12:02 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Kanagaratnam, too, was photographed naked and incapacitated in what appears to be McArthur's bed.
12:02 PM - 04 Feb 2019
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Momin Qureshi‏Verified account @Momin680NEWS 1h1 hour ago
Police say Mcarthur put a leather bag over John’s head. He asked Mcarthur to remove it, Mcarthur refused. John got it off on his own, Mcarthur then tried to tape his mouth shut.


Momin Qureshi‏Verified account @Momin680NEWS 1h1 hour ago
Court now being shown a photo of the fur hat that Mcarthur made some of his victims wear during staging afte their murders. It’s a black, what appears to be leather, hat, with fur ear flaps and fur over the forehead portion of the hat

 

[YESorNO]

Warning: Some of the details presented in court may be disturbing to readers.

Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Now talking about Dean Lisowick, who McArthur killed in April 2016.
12:04 PM - 04 Feb 2019

Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Lisowick was also never reported missing. It is not clear if anyone would have known he had disappeared.
12:05 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
McArthur emailed a photo of a naked and unconscious Lisowick from one of his personal accounts to another.
12:07 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Like with many of McArthur's victims, the photographs appeared to have been taken after Lisowick's death and involved some staging.
12:07 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Blood found on the inside lining of the fur coat is likely to be Lisowick's, according to DNA testing.
12:08 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Fur coat was kept in a "hidden compartment" of the van McArthur bought to replace the red Caravan, Cantlon says.
12:09 PM - 04 Feb 2019
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Warning: Some of the details presented in court may be disturbing to readers.

Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Cantlon now talking about an "attempted choking" incident in June 2016. He asked a man he had known for years to meet him that night in a parking lot.
12:10 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
The man got into his van that night. Back seat had been taken out. On the floor was a place attic sheet and a fur coat. McArthur told him to lie down on the coat.
12:11 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Crown now detailing Mcarthur's attempts to force the man down and strangle him. The man told police he was able to get away and call 911. McArthur was released without charges based on the statement he gave police.
12:12 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
McArthur had photos of this man on his computer too. He was wearing a fur coat, possibly the fur coat, in some of them.
12:12 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Cristina Tenaglia
@cristina_CP24
We are getting a horrific account in court of Serial Killer Bruce McArthur’s crimes:Numerous photos of victim Lisowick that McArthur tried to delete. Depicted in photos lying on his back unconscious, naked, on McArthur's bed wearing fur coat with white rope. Via @TracyTongCTV
12:13 PM - 04 Feb 2019
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Warning: Some of the details presented in court may be disturbing to readers.

Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Now back to Selim Esen, who McArthur killed in April 2017.
12:13 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Esen's remains were found in pots at the Mallory Crescent property. He had been strangled to death.
12:15 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Cristina Tenaglia
@cristina_CP24
We have been learning about McArthur’s victims: McArthur killed Selim Esen Apr. 16, 2017. Cause of death: ligature strangulation. He was decapitated.
12:15 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Esen's blood was also found in McArthur's van.
12:16 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Esen's personal notebook was found in McArthur's bedroom. McArthur had tried to delete photos of an unconscious and traumatized Esen from his computer.
12:17 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Also found on McArthur's devices were news articles about the disappearances of Esen and Konsman, his two most recent victims.
12:19 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Shown a photo of Esen, McArthur told police he did not recognize the name but thought he had met the man on one occasion.
12:20 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
We're now on a 10-minute break.
12:31 PM - 04 Feb 2019
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[Bravo]

Good Lord how horrific!!! Thanks for the tweets.

 

[dotr]

Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
When Kinsman was missing, she spent her nights awake, worried for her brother. Now she spends her nights awake because she has trouble trusting anyone.

2:29 PM - 04 Feb 2019
She describes her younger brother as a generous and compassionate "champion for the underdog." Says she's left with lots of questions and no answers.

Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Next statement is on behalf of the family of Selim Esen. "How would anyone with a heart feel if their youngest brother, their son, is murdered in what they thought was one of the safest places in the world?"

Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
He got an urgent message to call Navaratnam shortly before he was killed and had to live with uncertainty for years. "I hope justice will be served," he says at end of brief statement.

 

[dotr]

LIVE UPDATES: Grim details revealed at serial killer Bruce McArthur sentencing hearing
Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
On behalf of brother Steven, Patricia Kinsman describes nightmares in which McArthur attacks Andrew Kinsman. It's clear his brother's murder has had a significant impact on Steven's life.

Refers to McArthur only as "him", saying "we never say his name." McArthur does not appear to be showing any emotion in response.

Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Says family members paid Kinsman's bills for months, believing he could still be alive.

 

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Warning: Some of the details presented in court may be disturbing to readers.

Tracy Tong
@TracyTongCTV
Crown says the 8 victims had commonalities. Tied to LGBTQ community. Met and corresponded w/ McArthur through dating apps. Linked by physical appearances. Facial hair, 6 were immigrants of South Asian or Middle Eastern descent
12:43 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
McArthur is escorted out of and back into the courtroom during every break. Seems to be doing his best not to look at or acknowledge the gallery each time.
12:43 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Cantlon now detailing common factors among McArthur's victims. Evidence suggests he targeted people who were on the margins and unlikely to attract undue attention to himself.
12:44 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Tracy Tong
@TracyTongCTV
Some had to live life in secret, because of their sexual orientation. McArthur exploited these vulnerabilities. Most of these murders were facilitated under the pretence of sex. McArthur repeatedly killed people through ligature strangulation with rope
12:44 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Cantlon describes the staging, photographs and retaining of items belonging to his victims as "post-offence rituals."
12:44 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Tracy Tong
@TracyTongCTV
Post-offence rituals included posing victims, photographing them and keeping items belonging to victims. Average about 2 killings a year from 2010-2012, 2015-2017, one in 2012, one in 2016.
12:44 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
"The poses were repetitive. Victims were posed naked, with cigars in their mouths, shaved and/or made to wear a fur coat and hat."
12:45 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Tracy Tong
@TracyTongCTV
Poses were repetitive. Victims were naked, cigars in mouth, shaved, made to wear fur coat and hat. This hat was later found in McArthur's van.
12:46 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
In 2018, police found bags of hair in a shed on a property south of Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Stored there by McArthur.
12:46 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Tracy Tong
@TracyTongCTV
We're being shown photo of bags of hair found in shed of property south of Mt Pleasant cemetery, stored there by McArthur. 4 separate ziploc bags.
12:46 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Cristina Tenaglia
@cristina_CP24
We are seeing a pattern here of the ‘serial killer.’ He targets gay men, some homeless...kills and stages them the same way.
12:47 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Cristina Tenaglia
@cristina_CP24
Many of them linked, as the Crown tells us- look the same- beard, South Asian/Middle Eastern, some lacked stable housing, and were hiding their sexual identity from their families.
12:47 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Cantlon says there is evidence McArthur moved his victims' remains from planter to planter after the initial burials.
12:48 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Cristina Tenaglia
@cristina_CP24
This is a ‘less’ detailed ‘Agreed Statement of Facts’ re McArthur than I have seen before.
12:48 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Tracy Tong
@TracyTongCTV
Exhibit: photo of planter pot containing some remains of victims. Garbage bin half buried in ravine containing remains.
12:49 PM - 04 Feb 2019
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[YESorNO]

Warning: Some of the details presented in court may be disturbing to readers.

Tracy Tong
@TracyTongCTV
Now photo of Esen's notebook found in McArthur's bedroom. Photo of Lisowick's necklace, matches one Lisowick was wearing in photos.
12:49 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Items belonging to victims were found in McArthur's bedroom. A notebook; a bracelet; a necklace. Cantlon is essentially bringing together the eight separate murders into one cohesive legal case here.
12:49 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Tracy Tong
@TracyTongCTV
Crown Attorney Michael Cantlan's voice is breaking up. His back is facing us but sounds emotional as he's reading the names of all 8 victims.
12:50 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
McArthur continued to access photos of his victims long after he killed them. Kept them organized in subfolders on the USB drive.
12:50 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Tracy Tong
@TracyTongCTV
During each of the murders there was planning and deliberation, seen in uniformity in execution
12:51 PM - 04 Feb 2019


@flanaganryan
Evidence shows that victims were restrained and sexually assaulted, Cantlon says. Now referencing duffel bag found in McArthur's bedroom with rope, duct tape, surgical glove.
12:52 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Tracy Tong
@TracyTongCTV
Exhibit: photo of black duffel bag found in McArthur's bedroom. Inside: rope, zip ties, tape, syringes.
12:52 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Crown acknowledged that McArthur showed "some remorse" by waiving preliminary hearing.
12:52 PM - 04 Feb 2019
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[YESorNO]

Warning: Some of the details presented in court may be disturbing to readers.

Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Cantlon says Crown not aware of any evidence suggesting any other victims.
12:52 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Cristina Tenaglia
@cristina_CP24
Crown Michael Cantlan voice breaks up. Explains McArthur took photos of almost all his victims. They were organized on his computer. He looked back at these pics.
12:53 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Tracy Tong
@TracyTongCTV
Crown has finished reading the agreed statement of facts. Judge asks defence whether he agrees, defence James Miglin says yes.
12:53 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
McArthur's lawyer agrees to let the facts Cantlon has been reading out stand as is.
12:53 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Cristina Tenaglia
@cristina_CP24
Crown says murders were all or either 1) planned/deliberate 2) while sex assault wad taking place 3) unlawfully confined. Some context from me: these three items are all grounds for first degree murder.
12:53 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Cristina Tenaglia
@cristina_CP24
Reading of ‘Agreed Statement of Facts’ is complete. Frankly shortest I’vr heard covering a number of murder trials.
12:54 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Tracy Tong
@TracyTongCTV
Victim impact statements to begin this afternoon. Judge has read all of them. It will be up to victims whether they want to read them out loud in court or not.
12:54 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Court is now on lunch break and briefly dealing with another matter. Sentencing hearing resumes at 2:15 with first victim impact statements.
12:58 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Cristina Tenaglia
@cristina_CP24
Earlier- Crown Michael Cantlan’s voice breaks up. Explains McArthur took photos of his victims. They were organized on his computer. McArthur looked back at these pics.
1:12 PM - 04 Feb 2019
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Cristina Tenaglia
@cristina_CP24We are returning from lunch break with the reading of victim impact statements on behalf of the victims’ family and friends. #brucemcarthur
2:08 PM - 04 Feb 2019

Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
We're back and about to begin victim impact statements. Court is a little less full than this morning. Maybe 100 people in the gallery.
2:16 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Crown anticipates 13 victim impact statements read by individuals, two read on somebody else's behalf, and eight more read by the Crown. These will continue into tomorrow and likely Wednesday as well.
2:18 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
First up is Philip Wearen (may have spelling wrong), a friend of Skandaraj Navaratnam, McArthur's first victim. He met Navaratnam in 2001 and saw him almost daily for nine years.
2:20 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Cristina Tenaglia
@cristina_CP24
Victim impact statement beginning. ‘Skanda’s’ friend of at least 9 years speaking now. Talks about Skanda’s affinity for Scrabble, and fish.
2:21 PM - 04 Feb 2019

Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
He got an urgent message to call Navaratnam shortly before he was killed and had to live with uncertainty for years. "I hope justice will be served," he says at end of brief statement.
2:22 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Next statement is on behalf of the family of Selim Esen. "How would anyone with a heart feel if their youngest brother, their son, is murdered in what they thought was one of the safest places in the world?"
2:24 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Cristina Tenaglia
@cristina_CP24
Woman on behalf of Selim Esen’s family:“As brothers and close family of Selim Esen, we are devastated.” We miss him. “We can’t come to terms with his savage murder?” This man took his time to plan...and prey...he physically and sexually murdered and abused our youngest brother.
2:24 PM - 04 Feb 2019

Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Questions how murders of eight gay men could have gone undetected for so long. Recalls Esen's "inquisitive mind" and love of studying everything from philosophy to design.
2:25 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
"This is a homophobic serial killer." Wonders how the rest of the city could have ignored the concerns of the LBGTQ community for so long.
2:26 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Cristina Tenaglia
@cristina_CP24
“This is a homophobic serial killer.”
“This has gone on for far too long.”
2:26 PM - 04 Feb 2019
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Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
Up next is Karen Coles (again, spelling may be off), a sister of Andrew Kknsman. Kinsman was McArthur's final victim, whose disappearance led to McArthur's arrest.
2:27 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
She describes her younger brother as a generous and compassionate "champion for the underdog." Says she's left with lots of questions and no answers.
2:28 PM - 04 Feb 2019


Ryan Flanagan
@flanaganryan
When Kinsman was missing, she spent her nights awake, worried for her brother. Now she spends her nights awake because she has trouble trusting anyone.
2:29 PM - 04 Feb 2019
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