Timeline
A timeline of key events in the case of alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur:
September 2010: Skandaraj Navaratnam, 40, disappears from Toronto’s gay village.
Dec. 29, 2010: Abdulbasir Faizi, 42, is reported missing to Peel Regional Police, west of Toronto. He was last seen in Toronto’s gay village.
October 2012: Majeed Kayhan, 58, of Toronto, is reported missing.
November 2012: Police launch Project Houston to investigate the disappearances of Faizi, Navaratnam and Kayhan.
April 2014: Police close Project Houston, saying none of their findings would classify anyone as a suspect of a criminal offence.
August 2015: Soroush Mahmudi, 50, of Toronto, is reported missing.
May 2016 — July 2017: Police believe Dean Lisowick, 43 or 44, of no fixed address, was killed by McArthur during this time span.
April 14, 2017: Selim Esen, 44, is reported missing.
June 26, 2017: Andrew Kinsman, 49, is reported missing.
August 2017: Police launch Project Prism to probe the disappearances of Esen and Kinsman.
September 2017: Project Prism calls McArthur “someone to be included or excluded as being involved in the disappearance of Andrew Kinsman.’’
Dec. 8, 2017: Police Chief
Mark Saunders says the force will review its practices in missing persons investigations. He denies that there is evidence suggesting a serial killer is walking the streets of Toronto.
Jan. 17, 2018: Police uncover evidence suggesting McArthur responsible for Kinsman and Esen’s deaths, along with deaths of other unidentified people.
Jan. 18: McArthur is arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Esen and Kinsman. Police say McArthur is believed to be responsible for other deaths.
Jan. 19: McArthur has his first court appearance.
Jan. 29: McArthur is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Mahmudi, Kayhan and Lisowick. Police call McArthur an alleged serial killer and say more victims may be identified.
Feb. 8: Police say they’ve recovered the remains of six people from planters at a house where McArthur worked as a landscaper, and say they expect more charges.
Feb. 13: Police say excavation at the home’s backyard turned up no human remains, but suggest they may “revisit the scene” when the weather warms up.
Feb. 23: Police lay a sixth charge of first-degree murder against McArthur, identify Navaratnam as one of the alleged victims whose remains were found in the planters.
March 5: Police say they’ve recovered the remains of a seventh person linked to McArthur.
April 11: Police lay a seventh murder charge against McArthur in Faizi’s death.
April 16: Police lay eighth murder charge against McArthur in the death of Kirushna Kumar Kanagaratnam, who came to Canada from Sri Lanka and was not reported missing.