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Eugene

(61,881 posts)
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 02:35 PM Jan 2019

Toronto serial killer pleads guilty to eight counts of murder

Source: Associated Press

Toronto serial killer pleads guilty to eight counts of murder

Associated Press in Toronto
Tue 29 Jan 2019 17.54 GMT

A former landscaper accused of sexually assaulting, killing and dismembering men he met in Toronto’s Gay Village district over seven years has pleaded guilty to eight counts of first-degree murder.

Bruce McArthur, wearing a black sweater, stood up and said “guilty” eight times as the charges were read on Tuesday. Sentencing will start on 4 February.

Police last year found the remains of seven of the men in large planters at a property where McArthur had worked. The remains of the eighth victim were found in a ravine behind the same property in midtown Toronto.

The prosecutor, Michael Cantlon, said the cases involved sexual assault or forcible confinement and said the bodies were hidden and dismembered.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/29/bruce-mcarthur-toronto-murders-guilty-plea-killing-gay-men
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Toronto serial killer pleads guilty to eight counts of murder (Original Post) Eugene Jan 2019 OP
What a sad story. madaboutharry Jan 2019 #1
Wow never even heard of this case ... what a freaking asshole, jeez ... what is WRONG with people? mr_lebowski Jan 2019 #2
So sad. I don't remember hearing anything about this livetohike Jan 2019 #3
 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
2. Wow never even heard of this case ... what a freaking asshole, jeez ... what is WRONG with people?
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 02:56 PM
Jan 2019

You'd think that even with it happening in Canada this would've gotten some real coverage in the US, but somehow I totally missed it.

Kinda glad of that I suppose. How utterly horrible. This is damn near Gacy/Dahmer-level shit right here.

livetohike

(22,140 posts)
3. So sad. I don't remember hearing anything about this
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 03:19 PM
Jan 2019

either. Glad he was caught before he continued his murder spree.

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