Tears streaking his cheeks, Kishokumar Kanagaratnam was doubled over on his brother’s casket, at times pounding it with his fist. He was crying out, anger and grief spewing from his mouth. In his native Tamil, over and over, he screamed questions, asking how Canada could let his brother to be killed, why he hadn’t been taken care of. When he finally began walking away from the casket, he collapsed to the ground, mourners rushing to his aid.After travelling to Toronto from Europe and Sri Lanka, the family of alleged Bruce McArthur victim Kirushnakumar Kanagaratnam held a visitation Sunday, seven months after the alleged serial killer was charged in his death.Mourners filled a Markham funeral home, many going directly to the mahogany-coloured casket cloaked in a colourful flower garland. Some sobbed for minutes, others held long embraces. As mourners came and went, Santhanaladchumy Kanagaratnam, who had travelled from Sri Lanka, took a seat directly beside her son’s casket, her face sullen and her hands clasped in her lap.“She’s very angry,” said Piranavan Thankavel, family spokesperson and friend of Kanagaratnam. “As a mom, she is angry with everyone.”Photos of a smiling Kanagaratnam flashed on TV monitors inside the room, showing a happy childhood and adolescence in his hometown of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Later, after arriving in Canada, he stood bundled up in winter jacket, snow capping the evergreen trees behind him. Just 37 years old at the time of his death, Kanagaratnam is alleged to be McArthur’s youngest victim, killed sometime between September and December 2015. He was the eighth alleged victim to be named by police, and investigators had initially struggled to identify him. In a last resort move in March, police reluctantly released an image of a deceased man they believed was a McArthur victim, hoping to prompt tips from the public. Though police have never officially revealed the origin of the image, a ...
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