Sitting in a police interview room, Karen Fraser tried to make sense of why detectives were asking so many questions about the affable man who mowed her lawn and filled her backyard with flowers.Thursday morning, police arrived at the Leaside home Fraser shares with her partner, Ron Smith. They knocked on the door, produced a search warrant, and told them they had 20 minutes to get out.Now, the detectives were showing her pictures of different men, many of whom appeared Middle Eastern.“They didn’t tell me what was going on. I was thinking all kinds of wild things,” Fraser said.“At the very end, I asked permission to know what was happening and they told me. It was devastating.”The officers broke the news that the rest of the city now knows and has rattled the gay community: that Bruce McArthur, a 66-year-old self-employed landscaper, has been charged in the murder of two men, both of whom disappeared last year.Selim Esen, 44, and Andrew Kinsman, 49, both frequented the Gay Village and were last seen in April and June 2017. They were just the latest men to go missing from the area, where there has been growing concern over a number of disappearances dating to 2010. In December, Toronto police held a press conference at which they dispelled rumours of a serial killer. But when they announced McArthur’s arrest on Thursday, they alleged he could also be responsible for the deaths of other men who have yet to be identified.McArthur’s arrest comes as a shock to those who know him best. His sister, Sandra Burton, said she is “not doing good” and has yet to speak with her brother or the police.Read more:Tory hopes McArthur investigation won’t jeopardize relationship between LGBT community and policePolice visited auto parts shop where Bruce McArthur sold van, owner saysAccused killer Bruce McArthur filed for bankruptcy years before murder charges“He’s a wonderful brother and father and grandfather a ...
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