McArthur case investigator is ‘one of the best’

The detective in charge of the investigation into the deaths of two gay men and who believes there are more victims has more than 20 years of experience on the force and is no stranger to high-profile homicide cases.

Toronto police said Thursday that Bruce McArthur has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the disappearance of Selim Esen and Andrew Kinsman, who both spent a lot of time in the Church-Wellesley area.

Mike McCormack, head of the Toronto Police Association, said Idsinga is “one of the best investigators” on the force.

He described Idsinga as thorough, meticulous and thoughtful. “He has the respect of all the men and women who have worked with him over the years,” he said.

McCormack worked with Idsinga in the Regent Park neighbourhood for several years, where Idsinga was a supervisor.

In 2010, Idsinga led Project Summit which looked into the shooting deaths of four men over 75 days. Three of the victims were killed at random, and Idsinga called them crimes of pleasure.

“To rationalize why he did some of the things he did, I’m at a loss,” Idsinga said in 2011 after the arrest of Mark Moore.

Moore, a rapper who police described as a serial killer, laughed at his charges according to his lawyer at the time.

He was found guilty of four counts of first-degree murder in 2015.