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Toronto Sun
12-05-2025
- Toronto Sun
HUNTER: Serial killers Bruce McArthur, Gacy and Candyman the undead
Get the latest from Brad Hunter straight to your inbox Serial killer Bruce McArthur. (Facebook photo) When cops arrest a particularly egregious fiend, there is always one last question on everyone's lips: Are there more victims? This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Former Toronto Police homicide chief Hank Idsinga told me his detectives always believed that mall Santa turned serial killer, Bruce McArthur, had more victims. McArthur murdered eight men in Toronto and was finally convicted in 2019. But it was doubtful the serial killer got up one morning when he was 58 years old and started killing people. Every year, new developments occur in the still-open John Wayne Gacy case. Gacy, who was executed in 1994, murdered 33 young men and boys in suburban Chicago in the 1970s. One detective told me they believe there are at least a dozen more victims. Killer Clown John Wayne Gacy. CPD Gacy's inspiration for his reign of terror was Dean 'Candyman' Corll. Now, 52 years after one of his teen acolytes parked a bullet in the Candyman, new evidence has emerged that he, too, had more victims. Dozens of teen boys and young men vanished off the streets of Houston in the early 1970s. Cops mostly dismissed these disappearances as runaways. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. That changed on Aug. 8, 1973, when 17-year-old Elmer Wayne Henley sent Corll to the morgue. Henley outlined a gut-wrenching rampage of rape, torture and murder that left dozens of boys dead. CANDYMAN: Serial killer Dean 'Candy Man' Corll. Then there were the mass graves. A boat storage facility contained 17 bodies. There were 27 in total. Some of those tragic boys remain nameless, but a forensic anthropologist told ABC13 one young man has already been identified. Donnie Falcon was 16 when he moved from Corpus Christi to Houston in 1971. That August, he vanished without a trace 'We never could find him,' his niece, Debra Christy, said. 'Some people said he joined the mafia. Everybody had a story. I heard the stories, you know, like the searching.' DO YOU KNOW HIM? Cops are trying to identify John Houston Doe, an unknown victim of serial killer Dean Corll. NATIONAL CENTRE FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN Falcon was recently identified and is considered one of Candyman's victims. There were at least 30 murders, maybe as many as 35. It's believed there are also undiscovered unmarked graves. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. More than 3,500 kilometres away in Oregon, another notorious serial killer has emerged from the tomb of the death row at San Quentin decades after his grisly murder spree. Serial killer Randy Kraft. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Randy Kraft carried the moniker 'The Scorecard Killer' during his days of rage because of his detailed descriptions and bizarre scoring system of the murders he committed. Now, the Oregon State Police say that Vietnam War veteran Larry Eugene Parks, whose body was discovered along Interstate 5 in 1980, has finally been identified. According to cops, Kraft, now 80, and still on death row at the Big Q, is their only suspect. Serial killer Randy Kraft, left, and victim, Vietnam vet Larry Parks. CDC/OSP 'There's some evidence that we're processing to determine that link,' spokesman Kyle Kennedy said. 'We are very confident that we have the correct person of interest.' The Scorecard Killer was convicted of the torture murders of 16 young men along the highways of California, Michigan and Oregon, but detectives suspect his true kill count could be as high as 65. For his troubles, Kraft was sentenced to death. When he was pulled over by the CHIPs in 1983, there was a strangled U.S. Marine in the passenger seat. In the trunk of his car, cops found a coded list detailing 67 murders. In 2023, the remains of a teenager believed to have been killed by Kraft in California were also identified using investigative genetic genealogy. Across North America, modern-day monsters buried secrets and bodies, now rapidly being exposed to merciful sunlight. bhunter@ @HunterTOSun Toronto Maple Leafs Wrestling Toronto Maple Leafs Editorial Cartoons World
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Yahoo
New guide on how to report missing persons in Toronto aims to dispel police mistrust, increase transparency
Toronto police have a new guide on how to report missing persons in the city, fulfilling a recommendation in an independent report that criticized how police have handled these cases in the past. The new guide provides a number of resources for people looking to report a missing person, including: What to do when someone goes missing. What happens after a missing person report is filed. How to work with Toronto police during a missing persons investigation. How searches for missing persons are conducted, and what the investigative process looks like. Supports available through Victim Services Toronto and other community agencies. Information on unidentified remains. Guidance if you are reported missing. Prevention strategies. In a news release Wednesday, Toronto police said the new guide demonstrates the service's "ongoing commitment to serve the community to the highest standard when a person goes missing." Transparency, communication lacking in past cases: report The guide fulfils one of the 151 recommendations in a 2021 independent review of the Toronto police force's handling of missing persons cases. The in-depth review, prepared by former judge Gloria Epstein, found "serious flaws" in how missing persons cases have been handled, saying "systemic discrimination" had contributed to several investigations, including those looking into the victims of serial killer Bruce McArthur. Among the issues outlined in the report, Epstein said the service was lacking in its communication with the public, and a mistrust of police from certain community groups "rooted in systemic or overt bias or discrimination."The co-chair of the team of community representatives that helped develop the guide with police says it addresses some of those trust issues. "Throughout this process, we have heard from community that there is a lack of transparency on police processes and misinformation on how or when to report someone missing," said Haran Vijayanathan, with the Community Representatives of the Missing and Missed Implementation Team, in the police news release. The guide "serves to support community to understand the processes so that they are confident asking for help from the police service," he said. It provides information for people with concerns about reporting to police, for instance, including how to report if you can't understand English or are worried about how reporting might affect someone's immigration status. "Being missing is not a crime," the guide says. "If you are a victim or a witness in any case, the police will not ask about your immigration status, unless there is a bona fide reason, which happens only in rare and specific situations."Toronto police said in the Wednesday news release that while "progress has been made to improve public safety and community trust in missing person investigations, there is more work ahead." The release said the service will not stop until all 151 recommendations of the report are fully implemented. In June 2024, police reported the service had fulfilled 71 of the 151 recommendations. CBC Toronto has reached out to Toronto police for the latest numbers, but did not receive an immediate response. The new guide was co-developed by Toronto police, the community representatives of the missing and missed implementation team, and community agencies representing "diverse social, cultural and religious groups," the release said. The guide can be found on the Toronto Police Service website here.
CBC
30-04-2025
- CBC
New guide on how to report missing persons in Toronto aims to dispel police mistrust, increase transparency
Social Sharing Toronto police have a new guide on how to report missing persons in the city, fulfilling a recommendation in an independent report that criticized how police have handled these cases in the past. The new guide provides a number of resources for people looking to report a missing person, including: What to do when someone goes missing. What happens after a missing person report is filed. How to work with Toronto police during a missing persons investigation. How searches for missing persons are conducted, and what the investigative process looks like. Supports available through Victim Services Toronto and other community agencies. Information on unidentified remains. Guidance if you are reported missing. Prevention strategies. In a news release Wednesday, Toronto police said the new guide demonstrates the service's "ongoing commitment to serve the community to the highest standard when a person goes missing." Transparency, communication lacking in past cases: report The guide fulfils one of the 151 recommendations in a 2021 independent review of the Toronto police force's handling of missing persons cases. The in-depth review, prepared by former judge Gloria Epstein, found "serious flaws" in how missing persons cases have been handled, saying "systemic discrimination" had contributed to several investigations, including those looking into the victims of serial killer Bruce McArthur. Among the issues outlined in the report, Epstein said the service was lacking in its communication with the public, and a mistrust of police from certain community groups "rooted in systemic or overt bias or discrimination." WATCH | 2021 report finds 'serious flaws' in how Toronto police investigate missing persons: Toronto police failed to investigate missing persons because of 'systemic discrimination': report 4 years ago Duration 2:00 The co-chair of the team of community representatives that helped develop the guide with police says it addresses some of those trust issues. "Throughout this process, we have heard from community that there is a lack of transparency on police processes and misinformation on how or when to report someone missing," said Haran Vijayanathan, with the Community Representatives of the Missing and Missed Implementation Team, in the police news release. The guide "serves to support community to understand the processes so that they are confident asking for help from the police service," he said. It provides information for people with concerns about reporting to police, for instance, including how to report if you can't understand English or are worried about how reporting might affect someone's immigration status. "Being missing is not a crime," the guide says. "If you are a victim or a witness in any case, the police will not ask about your immigration status, unless there is a bona fide reason, which happens only in rare and specific situations." WATCH | Police officials respond to 2021 report: Interim Toronto police chief says review into missing persons cases 'difficult to read' and 'humbling' 4 years ago Duration 0:51 Interim Police Chief James Ramer said there have been mistakes and missteps in the way Toronto police handled missing persons cases, especially when it came to the city's LGBTQ community. Toronto police said in the Wednesday news release that while "progress has been made to improve public safety and community trust in missing person investigations, there is more work ahead." The release said the service will not stop until all 151 recommendations of the report are fully implemented. The release did not say how many recommendations in the missing persons report have been fulfilled. In June 2024, police reported the service had fulfilled 71 of the 151 recommendations. The new guide was co-developed by Toronto police, the community representatives of the missing and missed implementation team, and community agencies representing "diverse social, cultural and religious groups," the release said.
