Man charged after four people found dead

MARKHAM, Ont. — A 23-yearold man is facing multiple murder charges in an alleged quadruple homicide north of Toronto, police said Monday.

York Regional Police revealed few details about the four people found dead inside a home in Markham, Ont., on Sunday afternoon, nor did they disclose any relationships between the victims or the accused. But Const. Andy Pattenden said police are not seeking any additional suspects after arresting Markham resident Menhaz Zaman – who lived at the home – and charging him with four counts of first-degree murder.

“We do believe that the man we have in custody that’s now been charged is responsible for these murders,” Pattenden said outside the home on Monday morning.

Media reports said Monday that Zaman had posted details of his alleged crimes in a private message exchange with a fellow player of an online video game.

Perfect World Void, a private gaming server, said Zaman had been a player for the last two years. It said details of the alleged crimes were contained in messages Zaman shared with players through a third-party app.

“We were told that players received them privately,” it said in a statement.

Pattenden said police were called to the home shortly after 3 p.m. Sunday after receiving a 911 call reporting possible injuries.

He said Zaman opened the door to investigators and was taken into custody shortly afterwards, though Pattenden did not say whether Zaman was the one to phone in the report to police.

Officers soon found the bodies of three women and one man inside, Pattenden said, declining to reveal the cause of death.