Toronto police have now recovered the remains of at least six people and identified one of them in an investigation into what they have described as the work of a serial killer.Bruce McArthur, 66, has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder in the disappearances of Andrew Kinsman, Selim Esen, Majeed Kayhan, Soroush Mahmudi and Dean Lisowick.Speaking Thursday at a home on Mallory Cres., where McArthur mowed the owners’ lawn in exchange for storing landscaping equipment in the garage, Det.-Sgt. Hank Idsinga said Kinsman’s remains are among those recovered there. The cause of death is yet to be determined, he said. The identification of the other remains — all of which were recovered from planters on the Mallory property — continues.Police say the latest discoveries mean they may have evidence of as many as 10 victims, as it is unclear if any of the remains that are not Kinsman’s belong to the other men he is charged with murdering. “I do anticipate more charges being laid,” said Idsinga. He couldn’t specify a timetable for when and how many such charges would come forward. Idsinga said police are continuing to look at the cases of other missing people to see if there are any connections to McArthur.“Right now, we’re focusing on what we have, which is the remains, and the evidence we’ve uncovered, hoping to identify those victims and then we’ll start working back through some missing persons occurrences,” he said.“We’re going to go back quite far; there are literally hundreds of them.”Police have about 15 planters in total. On Thursday morning, men and women in white body suits walked out of the Leaside house carrying yellow bags with hazard labels and small cartons filled with brown paper bags. Idsinga would not provide details on what evidence was seized. Police have been combing through the entire home since Jan. 18, when they arrived with a search warran ...
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