Possible victims of alleged serial killer, Bruce McArthur 1970's-2018

Who is Bruce McArthur? ‘Super creepy man … you got bad vibes’

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Toronto landscaper Bruce McArthur, accused of being a serial killer, remains an enigma

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Owutatangledweb said:

I don't know if it's just me or what but I can't shake something from my mind. Did this guy travel to the United States at all? I'm thinking of all the young men that disappear from bars near college campuses here and end up in bodies of water or are still missing.

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Grey-St said:

Oh wow, this is a thing? I hadn't heard of this, but I'm in Canada. That's very disturbing.

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Idsinga said more charges are expected to be laid against 66-year-old McArthur, noting that police were combing through hundreds of past cases in search of potential links.

“There’s multiple outstanding murder cases that we’re looking at,” Idsinga told a news conference. “There’s hundreds of outstanding missing persons occurrences that we’re looking at. There’s even some … occurrences where there’s been a sudden death that we’re looking at.”

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More than a year and a half ago, Stephen Lapowich boarded a plane and disappeared without a trace. The mystery has left his family distraught, but they’re holding onto hope, offering a $30,000 reward for information leading to his whereabouts.

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On March 25, 2011, Lapowich went to Pearson airport for a three-week holiday to Costa Rica, but the airline cancelled the flight, and, according to customs records, he boarded a plane to Puerto Rico, where the trail ends.
What’s even more peculiar is that Lapowich, 30, who was very close to his family and rarely travelled, never mentioned his upcoming solo trip to Costa Rica"

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dumpater said:

Oh man - the one that comes to mind is the one where the man went into the bar but was never seen leaving and hasnt been seen since. I cant remember his name. It's a long stretch that it's related to BM but its so wild to think that this could be connected to things around the world that we don't know yet.

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Mar 31, 2016 - There is a "high probability" that Joseph "Joey" LaBute Jr. was already dead when he went into the Scioto River

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Sister waits, fearing missing brother among Bruce McArthur's alleged victims

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According to criminologist and Western University professor Michael Arntfield, these "sudden death occurrences" could mean a range of things, including linking McArthur to any open or unsolved murder anywhere in rural Ontario that corresponds with his movements there years ago

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"Cases that are open, unsolved homicides, undetermined deaths would qualify as 'sudden deaths' that police are referring to," said Arntfield. "So [that would include] deaths with no known cause whether it be accidental, suicide, homicide, any suspicious disappearances or unidentified remains that may indirectly coincide with his movements over that 30- or 40-year period."​

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In opening up their investigation to include so many more cases, many potentially dating back decades, Arntfield said investigators will encounter significant obstacles.

"Police need to cast a very wide net and go back many years. I'm going to suggest as much as 40 years [worth] of records may exist… particularly given what we know about his activities and occupation and mobility through the '80s and '90s as a travelling salesman."

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Part of the challenge will include tracking down police data from smaller police forces in northern Ontario from as far back as the 1980s or 1990s, Arntfield said, when officers kept paper records of investigations and weren't necessarily known as "notorious record-keepers."

"His [alleged] victims may go well beyond the current characteristics of his known victims," said Arntfield. "Earlier in his criminal career — if these charges turn out to be substantiated — he may have targeted different people."

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