N ine days ago, just before 9 a. Under the pseudonym of Silverfox , Mr. McArthur had posted a picture of himself smiling and described himself as someone looking for "submissive men of all ages. An hour and a half later, Toronto police took Mr. McArthur into custody and charged him with first-degree murder in the deaths of Andrew Kinsman and Selim Esen , who both went missing last year. Police say they have evidence there are more victims.
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How many and who they are is not known, but an additional three missing-person cases, dating back more than five years, have loomed large over Mr. The Globe and Mail has established personal or professional connections between Mr.
McArthur and four of the five missing men through numerous interviews with friends and family. Court documents, online records and interviews with people who knew Mr. Peter Sgromo had known Mr. McArthur for more than a decade when Mr. McArthur reached out to him last spring on the Bear gay dating app, asking to get together.
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They agreed to meet at a bar in Toronto's Gay Village, he said. Afterward, they got into the back of Mr. The seats were taken out," Mr. Sgromo recalled. At the very back was a single seat. He says Mr. McArthur took poppers, amyl nitrate, a drug that provides a temporary rush. But Mr. Sgromo says the interaction turned rough — too rough for his liking. He alleges that Mr. McArthur suddenly grabbed his neck and twisted his head down to his crotch violently.
He did not report the interaction to police at the time. However, after he learned of Mr. McArthur's arrest, Mr. Sgromo reached out to Toronto police's 51 Division and was later questioned by an investigator, he said.
Police would not comment on his allegations or confirm he was interviewed. The Globe was able to confirm Mr. Sgromo knew Mr. In announcing the two murder charges against Mr. McArthur , police said they believe they will discover more victims. Even before his arrest, police had been exploring possible links to three men who went missing between and Skandaraj Navaratnam , Abdulbasir Faizi and Majeed Kayhan.
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Above and below: Toronto Police Service posters show three local men who have gone missing within the past few years. Police say they have been exploring possible links between the men and Mr. McArthur had connections to Mr. Navaratnam , who disappeared in , and Mr. Kayhan , who was last seen in McArthur knew Mr. Navaratnam and Mr. Kayhan because they had pursued him, said a long-time friend, who asked to remain anonymous because he does not want his name connected to the case. Both had a type, the friend said: Older, white hair, bigger build, like Mr.
He said Mr. Navaratnam worked at Mr. McArthur's landscaping business for a number of years. Kayhan , meanwhile, knew Mr. Cameron Rennie , a manager at the bar Woody's, said Mr. Kayhan , after the death of his partner, pursued Mr. He liked white-haired men," Mr. Rennie said of Mr. Kayhan , who commonly went by the name Hamid. Kayhan's partner had lived at the City Park apartments. Rennie says he continued to see Mr. Between the disappearances of Mr. Kayhan , Mr.
Faizi , a machine operator from Brampton, Ont. His Nissan Sentra was later found on Moore Avenue, steps away from the entrance to the Beltline Trail, a small ravine that is known to be a popular cruising spot for men who are looking for sex with other men. McArthur was also known to store tools and house sit at a property on Mallory Crescent, which connects to Moore Ave. It is one of only two properties connected to Mr. McArthur was also known to frequent Zipperz , a popular watering hole just off of the Village's main drag.
The bar's owner, Harry Singh, would see Mr. McArthur at the bar from time to time and also recalls consistently seeing Mr.
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Navaratnam , Mr. Faizi and Mr. McArthur , who worked occasionally as a mall Santa, earned the nickname "Santa" from Mr. Every friend or acquaintance of Mr. Police have not disclosed how Mr. McArthur became a focus of their probe but, on Oct. He gradually came out of the closet in the mids, according to two relatives.
While friends and relatives of Mr. McArthur said the separation was initially contentious, the two later reconciled. Everyone who spoke to The Globe who knew Mr. But his criminal record suggests a darker side. A few months after his split, once Mr. N ine days ago, just before 9 a. Under the pseudonym of Silverfox , Mr. McArthur had posted a picture of himself smiling and described himself as someone looking for "submissive men of all ages. An hour and a half later, Toronto police took Mr. McArthur into custody and charged him with first-degree murder in the deaths of Andrew Kinsman and Selim Esen , who both went missing last year.
Police say they have evidence there are more victims. How many and who they are is not known, but an additional three missing-person cases, dating back more than five years, have loomed large over Mr. The Globe and Mail has established personal or professional connections between Mr. McArthur and four of the five missing men through numerous interviews with friends and family.
Court documents, online records and interviews with people who knew Mr.