Prosecutor: Serial killer dressed up his victims, took photos

when they realised Mcarthur had someone over. The man, who survived, was identified only as Middle Eastern and named ‘‘John.’’

Investigators found Mcarthur had a USB drive that contained a directory with nine subfolders — eight for the men he killed and the ninth for the man found at the time of Mcarthur’s arrest, Cantlon said.

Mcarthur pleaded guilty on January 29 to eight counts of firstdegree murder. He sexually assaulted, killed and dismembered men he met in Toronto’s Gay Village district over seven years. He faces a potential sentence of life in prison with no chance for parole for 25 years or more. The judge said he expects to hand down a sentence this week.

Police narrowed a list of suspects in the case after seeing surveillance video of the last victim, Andrew Kinsman, enter a red Dodge Caravan in 2017. They later linked that vehicle to Mcarthur and found Kinsman’s blood and semen in it after Mcarthur sold it to a wreck yard.

Photos in Mcarthur’s devices showed he had known Kinsman at least a decade. Investigators found Kinsman’s calendar with an entry titled ‘‘Bruce’’’ dated June 26, 2017 — the day he disappeared.

Cantlon has said the cases ranging from 2010 to 2017 and a frequent site of the killings was Mcarthur’s bedroom. He said the bodies were dismembered and hidden in large planters at a home that Mcarthur used for his landscaping business. Several of the victims were strangled.

Mcarthur, now 67, moved to the Toronto area around 2000 and previously lived in a suburb where he was married, raised two children and worked as a travelling salesman of underwear and socks.

His landscaping business was small, but he periodically hired workers, including a 40-year-old man who disappeared in 2010.

The victims fit a pattern: Most were of Middle Eastern or South Asian descent and lived on the margins of Canadian society. Their disappearances attracting little attention. –AP